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I Do!
Some Italian verbs are special: they don’t follow the patterns you’ve already seen. Unfortunately, this means that you’ll have to learn their forms by heart.
An example is fare, a very useful verb that means both to do and to make.
Cosa fai?
What do you do?
Noi facciamo una torta.
We make a cake.
These are the forms of the verb fare.
| fare to do / to make |
|
|---|---|
| io I |
faccio (I) do / make |
| tu you (singular) |
fai (you) do / make |
| lui / lei he / she |
fa (he / she) does / makes |
| noi we |
facciamo (we) do / make |
| voi you (plural) |
fate (you) do / make |
| loro they |
fanno (they) do / make |
How Are You?
If you want to ask How are you? in Italian, just say Come stai?.
Ciao, come stai?Hi, how are you?
To ask how other people are, just use different forms of the verb stare.
| How are you? | Come stai? |
|---|---|
| How is he / she? | Come sta? |
| How are they? | Come stanno? |
How’s It Going?
One of the most special verbs in Italian is andare, to go. Notice how its forms are very different from each other.
| andare to go |
|
|---|---|
| io I |
vado (I) go |
| tu you (singular) |
vai (you) go |
| lui / lei he / she |
va (he / she) goes |
| noi we |
andiamo (we) go |
| voi you (plural) |
andate (you) go |
| loro they |
vanno (they) go |
Andare is also used in the common expression Come va?, which means How’s it going?
Come va?How’s it going?
Come va? and Come stai? have almost the same meaning. You can use whichever one you like better!