Word
Mi faccio sempre stringere qualche camicia.
Meaning
I always have a few shirts taken in.
Part of speech
sentence
Pronunciation
Course
Breakdown of Mi faccio sempre stringere qualche camicia.
sempre
always
qualche
some / a few
la camicia
shirt
farsi
to have something done (to oneself)
Questions & Answers about Mi faccio sempre stringere qualche camicia.
Why is it mi faccio stringere instead of just faccio stringere?
Using the reflexive pronoun mi with the causative verb fare (the farsi + infinitive construction) shows that you are having the action done for yourself. So mi faccio stringere means I am having something taken in for me.
Doesn't stringere usually mean to squeeze or tighten?
Yes, it generally means to tighten or squeeze. In the context of tailoring and clothing, stringere is the standard verb used for taking a garment in (making it tighter).
The translation says a few shirts, so why is it singular (camicia) instead of plural (camicie)?
Why does sempre go between faccio and stringere?
Adverbs of frequency like sempre (always) normally go immediately after the conjugated verb. When there is a second verb in the infinitive, the adverb sits right between the conjugated verb (faccio) and the infinitive (stringere).