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È socievole: fa amicizia con tutti.

È socievole: fa amicizia con tutti.
He is sociable: he makes friends with everyone.
From Lesson 195:The imperfect subjunctive of 'to be' and 'to have' (fossi, avessi)·Italian

Questions & Answers about È socievole: fa amicizia con tutti.

Why is it amicizia (singular) when the English translation says "makes friends" (plural)?
In Italian, the standard expression is fare amicizia con (literally, "to make friendship with"). You always use the singular amicizia in this idiom, regardless of how many people you are befriending.
How do we know if socievole refers to a man or a woman?
We would only know from the wider conversation. Adjectives that end in -e in the singular, like socievole or intelligente, have the exact same form for both masculine and feminine subjects.
Why isn't there a subject pronoun like lui (he) before è or fa?
Italian frequently drops subject pronouns because the verb form already tells us who is doing the action. You generally only add words like lui or lei when you need to emphasize the subject or clear up ambiguity.
Can tutti be used all by itself to mean "everyone"?
Yes! You have likely seen it used as an adjective before a noun (like tutti i giorni for "every day"), but when used completely on its own as a pronoun, tutti simply means "everyone" or "everybody".

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