\n| essi facevano<\/td>\n | they did \/ used to do<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n The Italian imperfetto<\/strong> of the verb fare<\/strong> is one of the most frequently used and you can find it in two cases:<\/p>\n1. To talk about past habits and actions that happened often:<\/p>\n \n- Quando ero piccolo, la mamma faceva<\/strong> la pasta fresca ogni domenica.
\nWhen I was young, my mom used to do homemade pasta every Sunday.<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n2. To describe actions in progress in the past, usually introduced by the marker word mentre<\/strong> (when, while<\/em>):<\/p>\n\n- Mentre facevo <\/strong>la spesa, ho incontrato Lucia.
\nWhile I was doing my grocery shopping, I met Lucia.<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\nThe Italian passato remoto<\/strong> (Remote Past tense) is also a simple tense composed by only one word, although its use is not so common. You can find it in history texts or literature. It is used to talk about events or actions which happened a long time ago from the point of view of the speaker. <\/em>The Remote Past tense of fare<\/strong> looks like this:<\/p>\n\n\n\nPassato remoto <\/strong><\/td>\nRemote Past tense<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n| io feci<\/td>\n | I did<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n | \n| tu facesti<\/td>\n | you did<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n | \n| egli fece<\/td>\n | he\/she did<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n | \n| noi facemmo<\/td>\n | we did<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n | \n| voi faceste<\/td>\n | you did<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n | \n| essi fecero<\/td>\n | they did<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n- Provai a fermare la macchina, ma non feci<\/strong> in tempo.
\nI tried to stop the car, but I couldn\u2019t make it.<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n- La battaglia di Poitiers fece<\/strong> perdere la guerra alla Francia.
\nThe battle of Poitiers made France lose the war.<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\nFare<\/em> Conjugation to Talk about Future Actions<\/strong><\/h2>\nThe future tense in Italian is used to talk about an action that has yet to happen and corresponds to the English use of \u201cwill\u201d or \u201cgoing to\u201d. You can use the Future Simple of fare<\/strong> to talk about future actions or plans.<\/p>\n\n\n\nFuturo semplice<\/strong><\/td>\nFuture Simple<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n| io far\u00f2<\/td>\n | I will do<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n | \n| tu farai<\/td>\n | you will do<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n | \n| egli far\u00e0<\/td>\n | he\/she will do<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n | \n| noi faremo<\/td>\n | we will do<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n | \n| voi farete<\/td>\n | you will do<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n | \n| essi faranno<\/td>\n | they will do<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n- Lo far\u00f2<\/strong> domani.
\nI will do it tomorrow.<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n- Che farai<\/strong> dopo l\u2019universit\u00e0?
\nWhat will you do after college?<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\nCompound Tenses of the Verb Fare<\/em><\/h2>\nSo far, we\u2019ve seen the simple tenses of fare<\/strong> conjugation. However, the Italian Indicative mood also has different compound tenses used to talk about both the past and the future. Usually, the compound tenses are formed by taking the appropriate form of the auxiliary verb avere<\/strong> (to have) or essere<\/strong> (to be), followed by the past participle<\/strong>. In this case, fare<\/strong> is a transitive verb and therefore requires the auxiliary verb avere<\/strong> (to have). Let\u2019s see each compound tense, one by one.<\/p>\nFare<\/em> Conjugation: Present Perfect Tense<\/h2>\nThe Italian Present Perfect tense, or passato prossimo<\/strong>, is one of the most used to talk about actions that happened in the recent past. The Present Perfect tense form of fare<\/strong> is made up of the Present Simple form of the auxiliary verb avere<\/strong> (to have) + the past participle of fare<\/strong>: fatto<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\nPassato prossimo – Present perfect tense<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n| io ho fatto<\/td>\n | I did \/ I have done<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n | \n| tu hai fatto<\/td>\n | you did \/ have done<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n | \n| egli ha fatto<\/td>\n | he\/she did \/ have done<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n | \n| noi abbiamo fatto<\/td>\n | we did \/ have done<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n | \n| voi avete fatto<\/td>\n | you did \/ have done<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n | \n| essi hanno fatto<\/td>\n | they did \/ have done<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n The Italian passato prossimo<\/strong> can be translated both into the English Simple Past and\u00a0Present Perfect:<\/p>\n\n- Che hai fatto<\/strong> lo scorso weekend?
\nWhat did you do last weekend?<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n- Hanno fatto<\/strong> un buon lavoro.
\nThey\u2019ve done a good job.<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\nFare<\/em> Conjugation: Past Perfect Tense<\/h2>\nThere are two compound Past tenses in Italian: trapassato prossimo<\/strong> and trapassato remoto<\/strong>. They are considered advanced level tenses and aren\u2019t common in everyday language, so don\u2019t worry if you don\u2019t understand them immediately.<\/p>\nThe Italian trapassato prossimo<\/strong> (Past perfect or Pluperfect) of the verb fare<\/strong> can be translated into the \u201chad done<\/em>\u201d structure. It is formed with the imperfetto<\/strong> (imperfect) form of the auxiliary verb avere <\/strong>and the past participle of fare: <\/strong>fatto<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\nTrapassato prossimo \u2013 Pluperfect<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n| io avevo fatto<\/td>\n | I had done<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n | \n| tu avevi fatto<\/td>\n | you had done<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n | \n| egli aveva fatto<\/td>\n | he\/she had done<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n | \n| noi avevamo fatto<\/td>\n | we had done<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n | \n| voi avevate fatto<\/td>\n | you had done<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n | \n| essi avevano fatto<\/td>\n | they had done<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n You use this tense to express an action completed in the past and preceding another action in the past.<\/p>\n \n- Avevo<\/strong> gi\u00e0 fatto<\/strong> quel lavoro, quando il manager mi disse di lasciar perdere.
\nI had already done that job, when the manager asked me to drop it.<\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/li>\n- Poich\u00e8 non aveva fatto<\/strong> i compiti, la maestra si arrabbi\u00f2.
\nSince he hadn\u2019t done his homework, the teacher got angry.<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\nAs for the trapassato remoto<\/strong> (Preterite Perfect tense), English lacks this tense. It is used to talk about an action that happened before another action in the past, a long time ago. To use it, the auxiliary verb must be conjugated in the passato remoto<\/strong> (Remote Past tense), and then the past participle is added. Like trapassato prossimo<\/strong>, it\u2019s a less common tense in the Italian language and you can find it almost uniquely in literature.<\/p>\n\n\n\nTrapassato remoto \u2013 Preterite perfect tense<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n| io ebbi fatto<\/td>\n | I had done<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n | \n| tu avesti fatto<\/td>\n | you had done<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n | \n| egli ebbe fatto<\/td>\n | he\/she had done<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n | \n| noi avemmo fatto<\/td>\n | we had done<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n | \n| voi aveste fatto<\/td>\n | you had done<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n | \n| essi ebbero fatto<\/td>\n | they had done<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n- Nel 1950, dopo che la nonna ebbe fatto<\/strong> quel viaggio, spos\u00f2 il nonno.
\nIn 1950, after my grandma had done that trip, she married my grandpa.<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n | | | | | | | | | | | | |
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