"Faceva notte."

Translation: It was becoming night.

[dwarven_hydra]

Is fare used when referring to time, then?

[Li-Wei]

The correct form would be "Si stava facendo notte" and the meaning is "It was becoming night". It's a very colloquial sentence. When an italian says "Qui facciamo notte" it means that it's getting late. No one would use it the way Duolingo did though.

[ruth-mac]

this really confused me!