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Fai molte foto.

Fai molte foto.
You take a lot of photos.
From Lesson 38:The verb fare (faccio, fai, fa)·Italian

Questions & Answers about Fai molte foto.

Why does the sentence use fai (you make/do) instead of a verb for "take"?
In English, we "take" a picture, but Italians "make" a picture. The phrase is fare una foto. Fai is the irregular "you" form (second person singular) of the verb fare.
Why is the word for "a lot of" spelled molte here instead of molto?
When molto is used to describe a noun (like "many photos"), it acts like an adjective and has to match the gender and number of that noun. Since the photos are feminine and plural, molto changes to its feminine plural form, molte.
If molte is plural, why does foto end in "-o" like a singular masculine word?
Foto is short for fotografia (photograph), which is feminine. Shortened words in Italian keep their original gender, but their endings do not change in the plural. So, one photo is la foto, and many photos are le foto. We know it's plural here because of the word molte.
Where is the word for "you" in this sentence?
In Italian, you usually leave out subject pronouns like tu (you) because the verb itself already tells you who is doing the action. Fai specifically means "you do" or "you make", so the extra word isn't needed.

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