Romanian/Lesson 4

Verbele - Verbs a citi - to read a scrie - to write a rescrie - to rewrite a povesti - to tell a story a asculta - to listen a minţi - to lie a înţelege - to understand a vedea - to see a auzi - to hear a crea - to create a simţi - to feel a atinge - to touch a iubi - to (make) love a urî - to hate a vorbi - to talk a striga - to shout a râde - to laugh a zâmbi - to smile a plânge - to cry a uita - to forget a-şi aminti - to remember a merge - to walk, to go a urca - to climb a coborî - to descend a se aşeza - to sit down a se ridica - to stand up a se culca - to go to sleep a dormi - to sleep a se trezi - to wake up a cădea - to fall a fugi - to run a încetini - to slow down a accelera - to speed up a sări - to jump a mânca - to eat a bea - to drink a face - to make a face un duş - to take a shower a face de mâncare - to cook a face patul - to make the bed a spăla (ceva) - to wash (something) a se spăla - to wash (himself/herself) a curăţa - to clean/to scrub a şterge - to clean up/to wipe/to erase a păta - to stain/to soil a murdări -to get dirty (something) a fi - to be a avea - to have A fi and a avea are used as auxiliary verbs ("a avea" is conjugated a bit differently when used this way) Se - is used as compound for transitive verbs CONJUGARE - CONJUGATION Four conjugations, according to the different terminations of the verbs: First conjugation, with "-a" as a termination in the infinitive: There are two ways of conjugating verbs of this type, and there is no way of telling by looking at the infinitive which one it will be (it just needs to be memorized). first way (shorter conjugation) a cânta - to sing eu cânt - I sing tu cânţi - you sing el/ea cântă - he/she/it sings noi cântăm - we sing voi cântaţi - you (pl) sing ei/ele cântă - they sing second way (longer conjugation) a lucra - to work eu lucrez - I work tu lucrezi - you work el/ea lucrează - he/she/it works noi lucrăm - we work voi lucraţi - you work ei/ele lucrează - they work Second conjugation, with "-ea" as a termination in the infinitive: a tăcea - to be silent eu tac - I am silent tu taci - you are silent el/ea tace - he/she/it is silent noi tăcem - we are silent voi tăceţi - you (pl) are silent ei/ele tac - they are silent Third conjugation, with "-e" as a termination in the infinitive: a merge - to go eu merg - I go tu mergi - you go el/ea merge - he/she/it goes noi mergem - we go voi mergeţi - you go ei/ele merg - they go Fourth conjugation, with "-i" as a termination in the infinitive: There are also two different ways to conjugate verbs of this type, and once again, there is no way to a priori tell which one to use. One must learn which pattern a particular verb uses (although one does get a "feel" for it after a while). First way (shorter conjugation) a fugi - to run eu fug - I run tu fugi - you run el/ea fuge - he/she/it runs noi fugim - we run voi fugiţi - you (pl) run ei/ele fug - they run second way (longer conjugation) a vorbi - to talk eu vorbesc - I talk tu vorbeşti - you talk el/ea vorbeşte - he/she/it talks noi vorbim - we talk voi vorbiţi - you talk ei/ele vorbesc - they talk CONJUGATION OF THE IRREGULAR VERBS A FI (=to be) AND A AVEA (=to have) a fi : eu sunt - I am tu eşti - you are el/ea este - he/she/it is noi suntem - we are voi sunteţi - you are ei/ele sunt - they are a avea: eu am - I have tu ai - you have el/ea are - he/she/it has noi avem - we have voi aveţi - you have ei/ele au - they have < Previous Lesson | Next Lesson >