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face
to do / to make /ˈfat͡ʃe/
verb#21 most common
Also: to cause, to act (as in 'ce faci?')
Example sentences
Ce faci?
What are you doing? / How are you?
El face temele în fiecare seară.
He does his homework every evening.
Ea face o prăjitură pentru petrecere.
She is making a cake for the party.
Vom face o excursie la munte în acest weekend.
We will take a trip to the mountains this weekend.
Nu-mi face plăcere să discut despre asta.
It gives me no pleasure to discuss this.
Guvernul a decis să facă reforme structurale în educație.
The government decided to make structural reforms in education.
Conjugation
| Present Active | Simple Past Active | Simple Future Active | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1sg | fac | făcui | voi face |
| 2sg | faci | făcuși | vei face |
| 3sg | face | făcu | va face |
| 1pl | facem | făcurăm | vom face |
| 2pl | faceți | făcurăți | veți face |
| 3pl | fac | făcură | vor face |
Word family
a faceto do, to make (infinitive)
făcutdone, made
faptfact, deedprefăcutfake, feigned
desfaceto undo, to unwrap
Etymology
Face comes from Latin facere, meaning to do or to make. Facere itself traces to the ancient Proto-Indo-European root for setting or placing something. Romanian kept the verb almost unchanged in sound and meaning across two thousand years, unlike most other Romance languages, which reshaped it more heavily (Italian fare, French faire, Spanish hacer).
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