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Fare (to do / to make) and dire (to say / to tell) are among the most versatile and frequently used verbs in Italian. Both have highly irregular present tense forms that must be memorised, and both appear in countless everyday expressions and idioms.
| Subject Pronoun | Conjugation | Translation |
|---|---|---|
| io | faccio | I do / I make |
| tu | fai | you do / you make |
| lui / lei / Lei | fa | he/she does / makes |
| noi | facciamo | we do / we make |
| voi | fate | you all do / make |
| loro | fanno | they do / they make |
Historical note: Fare comes from the Latin facere. This is why the stem in most forms is fac- (faccio, facciamo) rather than far-. The tu and lui/lei forms are shortened.
Unlike English (which uses "to be" for weather), Italian uses fare in the third person:
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