Breakdown of L'eroe faceva tutto con coraggio.
con
with
tutto
everything
fare
to do / to make
il coraggio
courage
Questions & Answers about L'eroe faceva tutto con coraggio.
Why is the verb faceva instead of "fareva"?
The verb fare (to do/make) is irregular in the imperfect tense. Instead of keeping its modern infinitive stem, it uses its old Latin stem, fac-. To form the imperfect, you take face- and add the standard endings. Since l'eroe is "he" (third-person singular), we add -va to get faceva.
Why use the imperfect tense (faceva) here instead of the passato prossimo (ha fatto)?
The imperfect tense is used for ongoing, habitual, or descriptive actions in the past. Here, the sentence describes the hero's general character or ongoing habit—he used to do or was always doing things with courage. If he had done one specific, completed action with courage, you would use ha fatto.
Does tutto need an article here, like "il tutto"?
How do I know if eroe is masculine or feminine?