Uploaded November 2023 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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When saying “All I do is...” in French, you can indeed translate it as “Tout ce que je fais c'est…”

An interesting way to say it is “Je ne fais que” + verb.

It’s interesting because the French don’t typically use “faire” like we use “do” to emphasise an action.

”You don’t eat.”
”I do”

You can’t say:

”Tu ne manges pas”
”Je fais”

And yet, you can use “faire” with “ne que” to mean “I only + action with second verb/All I do is + second verb”

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