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Quel rumore mi fa impazzire da un'ora.

Quel rumore mi fa impazzire da un'ora.
That noise has been driving me crazy for an hour.
From Lesson 314:The immediate future (essere sul punto di)·Italian

Questions & Answers about Quel rumore mi fa impazzire da un'ora.

Why is the present tense fa used here when the English translation says "has been driving"?
In Italian, when an action started in the past and is still continuing in the present, you use the present tense along with da (meaning "since" or "for"). English uses the present perfect continuous, but Italian conceptually says "It drives me crazy since an hour."
How does the phrase fa impazzire work?
This is the causative construction, formed by the verb fare followed directly by an infinitive. It is used when a subject causes someone or something else to perform an action. Here, the noise makes you go crazy (impazzire), which translates naturally to "drives me crazy."
Why is the pronoun mi placed before fa instead of being attached to impazzire?
In a causative construction (fare + infinitive), the two verbs act tightly together as a single block. Because of this, object pronouns like mi must go before the conjugated verb (fa), rather than attaching to the infinitive. It is always mi fa impazzire, never fa impazzirmi.
How would I change this sentence to say "That noise is about to drive me crazy" using essere sul punto di?
You would say: Quel rumore è sul punto di farmi impazzire. Notice that since fare is now an infinitive rather than the main conjugated verb, the pronoun mi attaches to the end of it, dropping the final "e" to become farmi.

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