Breakdown of Voglio che tu faccia questo personaggio.
tu
you (singular)
questo
this (masculine)
fare
to do / to make
volere
to want
che
that (conjunction introducing a clause)
il personaggio
the character
Questions & Answers about Voglio che tu faccia questo personaggio.
Why do we use faccia instead of fai here?
The main verb voglio (I want) expresses a strong desire or will. When you express a desire about what someone else does, you must use che followed by the subjunctive mood. So, the normal present tense fai becomes the subjunctive faccia.
How do you form the present subjunctive of fare?
Fare is an irregular verb. To form its present subjunctive, you take its first-person present indicative form (faccio), drop the -o, and add the subjunctive endings. For the singular forms (I, you, he/she/it), the ending is -a, which gives us faccia.
We usually drop subject pronouns in Italian. Why is tu included in che tu faccia?
In the present subjunctive, the singular forms for I, you, and he/she/it are exactly the same. Because faccia could mean I do, you do, or he/she does, we often keep the pronoun (like tu) to make it crystal clear who we are talking about.
Wait, doesn't fare mean to do or to make? Why is it translated as to play?
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