Breakdown of Ha creato un'azienda fittizia e ora fa la contabile senza farsi notare.
una
a / an (feminine)
e
and
avere
to have
ora
now
senza
without
fare
to do / to make
notare
to notice
creare
to create
l'azienda
company
farsi
to have something done (to oneself)
fittizio
fictitious / fake (made up, dummy)
il contabile
accountant (bookkeeper)
Questions & Answers about Ha creato un'azienda fittizia e ora fa la contabile senza farsi notare.
Why does the sentence use fa la contabile instead of lavora come contabile?
Both phrases are correct and mean to work as an accountant. The structure fare requires the definite article (like la in la contabile), whereas lavorare come uses no article at all (come contabile). In conversational Italian, fare combined with the definite article is the most common way to state someone's profession.
How does senza farsi notare translate to without getting noticed?
This uses the causative construction fare plus an infinitive, which means to have something done or to make someone do something. Here, it is reflexive: farsi notare literally means to make oneself noticed. Because the preposition senza must be followed by an infinitive verb in Italian, we drop the final e of fare and attach the reflexive pronoun si to the end, creating farsi.
Why does un'azienda have an apostrophe?
The word azienda is a feminine noun starting with a vowel. For feminine nouns, the indefinite article una drops its final a and takes an apostrophe to make pronunciation smoother. If it were a masculine noun starting with a vowel, you would just use un without an apostrophe.
Could I use finta instead of fittizia to mean fictitious?
Yes, finta is a great synonym for fittizia and is actually more common in everyday spoken Italian. Fittizia sounds a bit more formal, legal, or financial, which perfectly fits the specific context of setting up a fake corporate entity or shell company.
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