Questions & Answers about Studio storia: la mia facoltà è piccola.
How would I report this statement in the past using indirect speech?
To report this in the past (for example, starting with Ha detto che... meaning 'He/She said that...'), you need to backshift the present tense verbs to the imperfetto. Studio becomes studiava, and è becomes era. So the reported sentence is: Ha detto che studiava storia e che la sua facoltà era piccola.
Why is there no article before storia here? Shouldn't it be la storia?
With verbs like studiare or insegnare (to teach), the definite article is usually dropped before the name of the academic subject. If you were talking about history in a general sense, like 'History is important', you would need the article: La storia è importante.
Doesn't facoltà translate to 'faculty', meaning the teachers?
Since facoltà ends in an 'à', how can we tell if it is singular or plural?