fazíeis

Fazíeis is a Portuguese verb form. It represents the second-person plural of the verb fazer in the imperfect indicative (pretérito imperfeito do indicativo) and is used with the pronoun vós. Today, fazíeis is largely archaic or literary in most varieties of Portuguese, and in Brazilian Portuguese it is rarely used; speakers typically replace it with vocês faziam, or with tu fazias in informal contexts.

In use, fazíeis conveys past habitual or ongoing action. Example sentences include: “Vós fazíeis o jantar todas as noites” meaning “You (all) used to make dinner every night.” “Quando vós fazíeis perguntas, as respostas eram mais cuidadosas” meaning “When you (all) were asking questions, the answers were more careful.” These examples illustrate how the form functions similar to the English “you used to” or “you were doing” in the past.

Formation and pronunciation: the form is built from the infinitive fazer, with the stem faz- plus the imperfect ending -íeis for the second person plural. The acute accent on í marks the stressed syllable, yielding fazíeis in typical spelling.

Usage notes: in modern writing, vós fazíeis appears mainly in historical, religious, or literary contexts intended to evoke an older period of Portuguese. In contemporary Brazilian Portuguese, the corresponding meanings are usually expressed with vocês faziam or, in informal contexts, tu fazias, rather than with fazíeis. In everyday European Portuguese, many speakers also use alternative forms or avoid the vôs pronoun altogether. See also: fazer, conjugation of fazer, second-person plural in other tenses.