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Examples: a cânta (to sing), a dansa (todance), a mânca (to eat) etc.
The ending of the infinitive (a vowel or a vowel group) shows the conjugation of
the verb. The endings and the verb conjugations are:
–i and –î: 4th conjugation: a iubi (to love), a hotărî (to decide)
A cânta A pleca
Eu cânt Eu plec
Tu cânți Tu pleci
El / ea cântă El / ea pleacă
In some other situations, the vowel „e” from the root verb becomes the diphthong „ea” as
follows:
Some of the verbs in –a receive the suffix „ez” in the first and the second person singular. In the
third person singular, the suffix „ez” becomes „eaz”. After this suffix, the Present endings are
added (Ø, –i, –ă, –ăm, –ați, –ă).
A dansa A lucra
Eu dansez Eu lucrez
Tu dansezi Tu lucrezi
El / ea dansează El / ea lucrează
For most verbs, the 3rd person in the singular is homonym with the 3rd person in
the plural:
Exceptions
A sta A lua
Eu stau Eu iau
Tu stai Tu iei
El / ea stă El / ea ia
Examples:
A cânta A pleca
El / ea nu cântă (he / she doesn’t sing) El / ea nu pleacă (he / she doesn’t leave)
Noi nu cântăm (we don’t sing) Noi nu plecăm (we don’t leave)
Voi nu cântați (you don’t sing) Voi nu plecați (you don’t leave)
Ei / ele nu cântă (they don’t sing) Ei / ele nu pleacă (they don’t leave)
Mona Pologea,
PhD Linguist