The verbs fare (to do, to make), dare (to give) and stare (to be) in the subjunctive. in Italian

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The verbs fare (to do, to make), dare (to give) and stare (to be) in the subjunctive.

The verbs fare (to do, to make), dare (to give) and stare (to be) are irregular in the subjunctive and don't follow the same conjugation pattern as regular -are verbs. This is how they are conjugated:

Fare
Io faccia
Tu faccia
Lui/lei faccia
Noi facciamo
Voi facciate
Loro facciano
Dare
Io dia
Tu dia
Lui/lei dia
Noi diamo
Voi diate
Loro diano
Stare
Io stia
Tu stia
Lui/lei stia
Noi stiamo
Voi stiate
Loro stiano

Non voglio che tu faccia parapendio.

I don't want you to paraglide, literally “I don't want that you do paragliding”.

Dubito che ci diano i loro gioielli.

I doubt they are giving us their jewellery.

Penso che stiano partendo per le vacanze.

I think they are leaving on vacation.

Their derivatives, such as rifare (to redo), soddisfare (to satisfy), contraffare (to counterfeit), ridare (to give back, to return), etc. also follow the same conjugation pattern.

Penso che il cliente non ridia la mancia al personale quest'anno.

I don't think the customer is tipping the staff this year.

Ho paura che non soddisfino i criteri di ammissione.

I'm afraid they do not meet the admission criteria.


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