ÿþ<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"> <html> <head> <BASE HREF="http://rolessons.bizhat.com/basicverbs1.html"> <meta charset=iso-8859-2> <title>Romanian Basic Verbs</title> </head> <body bgcolor="#333333" text="#FFFFFF" link="0099FF" alink="#0066FF" vlink="#0066FF" topmargin="0" bottommargin="0" leftmargin="0" rightmargin="0"> <table align=center width="100%" cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0> <tr> <td><center><h1>Basic Verbs</h1></center></td> </tr> </table> <table align=center width=60% cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0> <tr> <td>In here, we're going to talk about the 3 very basic but important verbs: to be, to have, and to do in the present tense. "A fi" and "a avea" are irregular verbs. These are important verbs to learn, since they're at the base for learning other verbs as well.</td> </tr> </table> <br> <table align=center cellspacing=0 cellpadding=3 border=1 width=50%> <tr> <th colspan=4>a fi (to be)</th> </tr> <tr> <th colspan=2 width=50%>Singular</th> <th colspan=2 width=50%>Plural</th> </tr> <tr> <th>Romanian</th> <th>English</th> <th>Romanian</th> <th>English</th> </tr> <tr> <td>Eu sunt</td> <td>I am</td> <td>Noi suntem</td> <td>We are</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Tu e_ti</td> <td>You are</td> <td>Voi sunteci</td> <td>You (both/all) are</td> </tr> <tr> <td>El/ea e_te</td> <td>He/she/it is</td> <td>Ei/ele sunt</td> <td>They are</td> </tr> </table> <br> <table align=center cellspacing=0 cellpadding=3 border=1 width=50%> <tr> <th colspan=4>a avea (to have)</th> </tr> <tr> <th colspan=2 width=50%>Singular</th> <th colspan=2 width=50%>Plural</th> </tr> <tr> <th>Romanian</th> <th>English</th> <th>Romanian</th> <th>English</th> </tr> <tr> <td>Eu am</td> <td>I have</td> <td>Noi avem</td> <td>We have</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Tu ai</td> <td>You have</td> <td>Voi aveci</td> <td>You (both/all) have</td> </tr> <tr> <td>El/ea are</td> <td>He/she/it has</td> <td>Ei/ele au</td> <td>They have</td> </tr> </table> <br> <table align=center cellspacing=0 cellpadding=3 border=1 width=50%> <tr> <th colspan=4>a face (to make/do)</th> </tr> <tr> <th colspan=2 width=50%>Singular</th> <th colspan=2 width=50%>Plural</th> </tr> <tr> <th>Romanian</th> <th>English</th> <th>Romanian</th> <th>English</th> </tr> <tr> <td>Eu fac</td> <td>I make/I do</td> <td>Noi facem</td> <td>We make/We do</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Tu faci</td> <td>You Make/You do</td> <td>Voi faceci</td> <td>You (both/all) make/You (both/all) do</td> </tr> <tr> <td>El/ea face</td> <td>He/she/it does</td> <td>Ei/ele fac</td> <td>They make/They do</td> </tr> </table> <br> <table align=center width=60% cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0> <tr> <td><p>"A face" is considered a regular -e verb because it follows the usual -e verb conjugation rules in the present tense. Now for some example sentences, hooray!</p> <p><b>Sunt obosit.</b> - I am tired.<br> <b>Am o biciclet.</b> - I have a bicycle.<br> <b>Unde este cartea?</b> - Where is the book?<br> <b>Unde e cartea?</b> - Where is the book?<br> <b>El nu are cartea.</b> - He doesn't have the book.<br> <b>Ea n-are cartea.</b> - She doesn't have the book.<br> <b>Eu fac o prjitur.</b> - I am making a cake.<br> <b>Facem ceva.</b> - We are doing something.<br></p> <p>"Este" often gets shortened to "e" in Romanian speech. <p>If there is nu following a verb starting with a vowel, nu gets shorten "n-" and connects with the word.</p></td> </tr> </table> <br> <table align=center cellspacing=0 cellpadding=3 border=1 width=30%> <tr> <th colspan=2>Words in this lesson</th> </tr> <tr> <th width=50%>Romanian</th> <th width=50%>English</th> </tr> <tr> <td>Obosit</td> <td>Tired</td> </tr> <tr> <td>(o) Biciclet</td> <td>(a) Bicycle/bike</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Unde</td> <td>Where</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Carte(a)</td> <td>(The) Book</td> </tr> <tr> <td>(o) Prjitur</td> <td>(a) Cake</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Ceva</td> <td>Something</td> </tr> </table> <br> <table align=center width=60% cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0> <tr> <td align=center><br><h2><a href="colors.html">Previous</a> <a href="calendar.html">Next</a><br><a href="index.htm">Home</a></td> </tr> </table> </body> </html>