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### Delegating Tasks with "Fare"

Planning a big event like a wedding requires a lot of delegation. When you "have someone do something," you use the causative construction: the conjugated verb **fare** (to make/do) followed immediately by an infinitive verb.

When the action being performed has a direct object (like taking *photos* or picking up *favors*), the person you are delegating to becomes the *indirect object*. You introduce this person (the agent) with the preposition **a** (to), which typically combines with a definite article to form an articulated preposition (like *al*, *ai*, or *all'*).

The sentence order is usually: **fare** (conjugated) + infinitive verb + direct object + **a** + person.

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### Hiring Professionals

You will use this exact same pattern with any professional you hire or helper you assign a task to, from the pastry chef to the wedding planner.

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### Other Verbs of Delegation

This grammatical pattern—assigning a direct object task to an indirect object person using **a**—isn't limited to the causative *fare*. You will also see it with verbs like **affidare** (to entrust) and **dare** (to give).

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Having someone do something (fare + a)

adjective

adjective/adverb

adverb

conjunction

determiner

interjection

noun

numeral

preposition

pronoun

proper noun

sentence

verb

Subject pronouns and the verb to be (io sono)

Singular definite articles (il, la)

Singular demonstratives (questo, questa)

Basic verbal negation (non)

Yes/No questions

Coordinating conjunctions (e, ma, o)

Regular plurals and definite articles (-i, -e, i, le)

Plural verb to be (noi siamo, voi siete)

Plural demonstratives (questi, queste)

Nouns ending in -e

Special singular articles (lo, l')

The plural article (gli)

Special indefinite articles (uno, un')

Demonstrative adjectives (quello, quella)

Adjective endings (-o, -a, -i, -e)

Expressing quantity (molto, poco, tanto)

The verb to have (ho, hai, ha...)

There is / there are (c'è, ci sono)

The preposition of (di)

Singular possessives (il mio, la mia)

Numbers 1 to 10 (uno, due, tre...)

Numbers 11 to 20 (undici, dodici...)

Numbers 21 to 100 (trenta, quaranta...)

Idiomatic avere (avere fame, avere anni)

Plural possessive adjectives (i miei, le mie)

Possessives with family members (mio padre)

Formal address (dare del Lei)

Present tense of -are verbs (-o, -i, -a)

Question words (chi, cosa, dove)

Present tense of -ere verbs (-o, -i, -e)

Question words (quando, come, perché)

Question word agreement (quanto, quanta, quanti, quante)

Regular -ire verbs

Verbs with -isc- (capisco, capisci, capisce)

Pronouns after prepositions (me, te, lui)

The verb fare (faccio, fai, fa)

The verb andare (vado, vai, va)

The verb stare (sto, stai, sta)

The verb venire (vengo, vieni, viene)

The verb uscire (esco, esci, esce)

Location and destination (a, in)

Origin and movement (da)

Articulated prepositions with a (al, alla)

Articulated prepositions with in (nel, nella)

Articulated prepositions with di and da (del, dal)

Simple prepositions (con, per, su, tra)

Articulated prepositions with su (sul, sulla)

Months of the year

Telling time (sono le...)

Dates (il + number)

Ordinal numbers 1st to 10th (primo, secondo, terzo...)

The verb to want (volere)

The verb can (potere)

The verb must (dovere)

The verb to know (sapere)

Reflexive verbs (mi lavo, ti lavi)

Indirect object pronouns (gli, le, ci...)

Expressing preferences (mi piace)

Plural preferences (mi piacciono)

Comparatives (più... di, meno... di)

The passato prossimo with avere (ho parlato)

Irregular past participles (fatto, letto, preso)

The passato prossimo with essere (sono andato)

Reflexive verbs in the past (mi sono svegliato)

Time adverbs with the past tense (già, mai, ancora)

Third-person direct object pronouns (lo, la, li, le)

First and second-person direct object pronouns (mi, ti, ci, vi)

The four seasons

Prepositions of place (vicino a, davanti a)

Conversational words (beh, allora, davvero)

Indefinite adjectives for some (qualche, alcuni)

Indefinite adjectives for every and all (ogni, tutti)

Indefinite pronouns (qualcosa, qualcuno)

Noun suffixes (-ino, -one)

Adverbs of manner (-mente)

Comparisons of equality (così... come)

The relative superlative (il più)

The absolute superlative (-issimo)

Irregular comparatives (migliore, peggiore)

Present progressive (stare + -ando, -endo)

Imminent actions (stare per)

The locative pronoun (ci)

The partitive pronoun (ne)

Pronoun placement with modal verbs

Impersonal subjects (si)

Prepositions of time (da, per, tra, fra)

Past participle agreement with pronouns

Question	Answer
the ceremony	la cerimonia
the photographer	il fotografo
After having organized the ceremony, we call the photographer.	Dopo aver organizzato la cerimonia, chiamiamo il fotografo.
We have the photographer take the photos of the ceremony.	Facciamo scattare le foto della cerimonia al fotografo.
the reception (formal event)	il ricevimento
Maria has the hotel director prepare the reception.	Maria fa preparare il ricevimento al direttore dell'albergo.
to entrust	affidare
We entrust the music of the reception to the musician.	Affidiamo la musica del ricevimento al musicista.
the wedding favor	la bomboniera
the best man	il testimone
I have the best man pick up the wedding favors.	Faccio ritirare le bomboniere al testimone.
The best man must buy the gold rings.	Il testimone deve comprare gli anelli d'oro.
We give a wedding favor to every guest.	Diamo una bomboniera a ogni invitato.
the pastry chef	il pasticciere
My cousin has the pastry chef prepare the cake.	Mio cugino fa preparare la torta al pasticciere.
perfect	perfetto
The pastry chef prepares perfect desserts.	Il pasticciere prepara dolci perfetti.
to plan	pianificare
the planner	l'organizzatore
Marco has the planner plan the wedding.	Marco fa pianificare il matrimonio all'organizzatore.
I prefer planning the party rather than working in the office.	Preferisco pianificare la festa che lavorare in ufficio.
It is better to entrust the task to the colleague.	È meglio affidare il compito al collega.
I want everything perfect, so I have the planner do it.	Voglio tutto perfetto, quindi lo faccio fare all'organizzatore.