Can anyone halp translate Faccia pure!
Including examples of use.
Thanks.

Some version of "suit yourself!" ?

M

Ya, "suit yourself" is a good translation.... but "faccia pure" isn't used in a negative way that I feel most people say "suit yourself".

"Faccia pure" is a formal way (the Lei form) to say "Go ahead!"

Example:

"Posso accendere la luce?" (Can I turn on the light?)

"Si, si, faccia pure!" (Yes of course, go ahead!)

It's a command (faccia= Lei form of the command for "fare"), and with "pure" (rough translation=surely)at the end, it sounds less like a command and more like, "Make yourself at home!"

Si, piccolina!

This is why I am fine when reading a novel, and actually learn some more language that way. It's the context that is crucial, that tells me, for example, whether an expression has negative or positive connotations. Otherwise, I am lost.

M

Yes. Now I got the idea.
Thank you both

Coming late to this, but anyway here goes:
translate Faccia pure as by all means (do it) - whatever it is.

Also the politeness in Faccia pure comes not from the word pure, but from the fact that the polite imperative in italian - Faccia, is not a true imperative at all, but is the present subjunctive of the verb fare and thus is an exhortation to do something and not a command.
Another example is Mi Dica. Dica is the present subjunctive of dire and is again just an exhortation not a command.

Vasco, that is very helpful! I am just learning my first Italian, and saying "mi dica" always seemed rather rude to me. I'm glad to hear it is not.