"Lei fa un panino."

Translation: She makes a sandwich.

[folieadeux6]

Slightly sexist? Slightly sexist.

[salvatorecreme]

Thumbs up if you just came here expecting controversy about sexism

[a-muktar]

Hey, donna! Fammi un panino! I'm joking come oooon

[runningnarwhal]

I'm a girl, and I see absolutely no problem with this. There is nothing "sexist" about it. It's only sexist if you think that she's making the sandwich for a man, so just let the fictional female make her sandwich in peace.

[percyflage]

Well, my wife makes me sandwiches sometimes. I don't think either of us consider it sexist. Sometimes I make her a sandwich, and a nice cappuccino coffee too!

Let everyone make sandwiches in peace for whomever they freely choose to.

[runningnarwhal]

Exactly. Everyone should make sandwiches.

[Sm119]

Even then, there is nothing sexist about it. She makes me a sandwhich I make her a creampie, it's division of labour.

[frn_8]

incredible

[sylviamora]

Lmfao

[SleepingPills]

yikes

[trick_master]

why? can't women make sandwiches just beacause it sounds sexist? thats exaggerated

[DeanG6]

Oh come on! Get real. She makes a sandwich. He makes a sandwich. Who cares which sex makes a sandwich. Are women not allowed to make sandwiches anymore? Come on. (All I know is that I'm hungry and I would really appreciate a sandwich right now, and I don't care which sex makes it.)

[bgd151]

Surely this was a joke. The responses are way too serious lol.

[JohnMiller36]

Sudo go make me a sandwich!

[TheEeveeLord]

Not really. Yes, that sexist joke involving sandwiches exists, but some women just like sandwiches.

[S0R0USH]

How is it sexist?

[HydraBianca]

can't believe they gave you 2 lingots for this generic opinion.

[DeanG6]

And I can't believe she has 44 upvotes for her sexist comment.

[voododoll]

well, she can starve then :D didn't know that it will be sexist if you make a sandwich for yourself

[HennaKerst]

Right how dare doulingo birb

[stephanie.361962]

I love how this could technically be "she makes out with a sandwich" :')

[JoelTorres641521]

Grabs popcorn

[D_V_Z]

fa also means "makes out with" and "does"..are these colloquial sexual terms in italian too?

[rscar]

Also curious to know the outcome of this question...for a friend...

[KNGcietir9]

Ahahahhaa

[Jopo48]

"Fare colazione" means "to eat brekfast". But "Fare un panino" doesn't mean "to eat a sandwich". Curious italian !

[missymaelicia]

Fare colazione "to have breakfast/to make the breakfast"

Fare un panino "to make a sandwich"

[CBooms]

Drop-down translation gives "roll" as an optional definition for panino, but the answer only accepts sandwich. Hmph.

[joncharles73]

Exactly... Moreover, every panino I've ever eaten (on more than a dozen trips to Italy), looks far more like what I would call a roll than a sandwich...

[grumpy700875]

You are right. The ending of the word alone says that it is a little bread .

Roll is actually the best answer and sandwich is wrong. I reported it as a problem and included this links:

This is a panino https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Panino

and this is a panino imbottito https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Panino_imbottito

and this is a sandwich https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sandwich

[emilywiebe_]

what does the word fa mean? in the definition under the word is says "ago," and then the next definition is "equals (math). can someone please explain?

[ForgetUmbrella]

"fa" is the third person indicative form of "fare", meaning "to do/make". "Fa" means "he/she/it does/makes".

[-Evie-van-E-]

I have the same problem! Under 'fa' it has the suggestions of 'equal (=)', then 'ago'.

[sinasohil2]

I think something is wrong , the vocabulary used in this lesson are all new

[-Evie-van-E-]

Yeah same. Most of the stuff is new even though I've done the lesson plenty of times before

[Morse1]

why can't it be (the formal) you make a sandwich?

[agent_deia]

This was my first exposure to "fa" and the translation didn't include "make"... Duolingo please update this!

[Randonneur3]

Use your own dictionary is best.

[JennyHolland]

Lei is also formal 'you', so why not 'you make a sandwich' ?

[deactivated user]

I think this is similar to faire in French if I'm not the only one here whose into that romance language as well. It is like "do" in English.

[DavidRussnak]

Marry her! (And for those claiming sexism, help me out here... do women no longer eat sandwiches?)

[nigel1949]

my Italian friends say that a sandwich is "il tramezzino", and "il panino" is a roll!

[MatthewFar3]

Would this also translate as 'she is making a sandwich' ?

[boopsesther]

Does fa mean makes

[David3554]

I just came here to see if anyone else noticed that the translation for "fa" is "ago" or "equal [=]

[sumemon]

Listening to Linguaphone Italian tapes verbs:- Io sono I am,tu saiyou are(informal).lei e you are (formal) no mention of she so why is this not you make a sandwich?

[eterryd]

A "panino" has become a standard menu option here in California, but that's not allowed. (I wonder if Duolingo would want us to call vermicelli "little worms.")

[hagemeijerhans]

IS NOT A SANDWICH JUST A SLICE OF BREAD ? I THOUGHT , SHE IS MAKING A COMPLETE LOAF AND THAT WAS NOT ACCEPTED

[iVixey]

when i hover over "fa" it says "effya" ... what the hell...

[ExSquaredOver2]

In Soviet Russia, sandwich makes YOU

[Randonneur3]

Damn those shops which don't sell the bread without the filling.

[RudolfBari]

Why does "panino" once mean ROLL and when I write the second time ROLL is false and should mean "SANDWICH"?

[MichaelDen630012]

Wife her

[Holsen4]

lolol