{"id":800,"date":"2011-07-20T15:40:44","date_gmt":"2011-07-20T15:40:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/italian\/?p=800"},"modified":"2011-07-28T20:52:09","modified_gmt":"2011-07-28T20:52:09","slug":"fa-male","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/italian\/fa-male\/","title":{"rendered":"Fa Male!"},"content":{"rendered":"

In a recent blog I discussed some alternative translations of the verb \u2018fare’. See:\u00a0<\/strong>Il Verbo Fare<\/strong><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

In this blog I\u2019m going to look at one of the many idiosyncratic uses of fare<\/strong>. By combining fare<\/strong> with male<\/strong> (bad) we express the concept of \u2018to hurt\u2019. Let\u2019s find out how it works with a few examples of its usage:<\/span><\/p>\n

mi fa male il dito<\/strong> \u2013 my finger hurts. Here \u2018fa<\/strong>\u2019 (third person singular of fare) refers to il dito<\/strong> (my finger)<\/span><\/p>\n

mi fanno male le dita<\/strong> \u2013 my fingers hurt. In this case \u2018fanno<\/strong>\u2019 (third person plural of fare) refers to le dita<\/strong> (my fingers)<\/span><\/p>\n

ti fa male la gola?<\/strong> \u2013 does your throat hurt? (familiar)<\/span><\/p>\n

ti fanno male i piedi?<\/strong> – do your feet hurt? (familiar)<\/span><\/p>\n

le fa male la gola?<\/strong> \u2013 does your throat hurt? (formal)<\/span><\/p>\n

le fanno male i piedi?<\/strong> – do your feet hurt? (formal)<\/span><\/p>\n

gli fa male la testa<\/strong> \u2013 his head hurts<\/span><\/p>\n

le fa male la testa<\/strong> \u2013 her head hurts, note that le<\/strong> (to her) and le<\/strong> (to you \u2013 formal) are written and pronounced in the same way<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

–<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/p>\n

Farsi Male<\/strong> is the reflexive form of this construction. Here is how it works:<\/span><\/p>\n

mi sono fatta male al dito<\/strong> \u2013 I\u2019ve hurt my finger, note that if you are female you say mi sono fatta<\/span> male<\/strong>, and if you are male you say mi sono fatto<\/span> male<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

mi sono fatta male alle dita<\/strong> \u2013 I\u2019ve hurt my fingers<\/span><\/p>\n

ti sei fatto male alla gamba?<\/strong> \u2013 have you hurt your leg? (familiar)<\/span><\/p>\n

si \u00e8 fatto male?<\/strong> \u2013 did he hurt himself?, or – did you hurt yourself? (formal) <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

attento che ti fai male<\/strong> \u2013 be careful or you\u2019ll hurt yourself<\/span><\/p>\n

abbiamo fatto un incidente con la macchina \u2026 accidenti, vi siete fatti male?<\/strong> \u2013 we had an accident in the car \u2026 oh no!, did you hurt yourselves?<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/p>\n

If there is anything that you don\u2019t find clear please leave a comment and I\u2019ll try to help you. Spero che non vi faccia male la testa!<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

In a recent blog I discussed some alternative translations of the verb \u2018fare’. See:\u00a0Il Verbo Fare In this blog I\u2019m going to look at one of the many idiosyncratic uses of fare. By combining fare with male (bad) we express the concept of \u2018to hurt\u2019. Let\u2019s find out how it works with a few examples…<\/p>\n

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