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Overview
For most sensations (and the goal of this lesson), the romanian grammar is unusual to english language speakers. What is actually being said id to me is is <sensation>
- Also see: food and drink
- And: likes and dislikes
Enter the dative
To appreciate fully what is happening in this grammar, one has to have an understanding of pronouns in dative and genitive (or at least the dative bit).
In the dative, one talks about a recipient and (usually) an object. In the case of sensations, the recipient is the person receiving the sensation and the object the sensation. Also, the short form of the pronoun is used.
So, we start with the pronoun:
| Person | Short Form | |
|---|---|---|
| me | îmi | -mi |
| you (s) | îți | -ți |
| him/her | îi | -i |
| us | ne | |
| you (p) | vă | |
| them | le |
It's then followed by e (it is).
Note, when using the short form (first person and second person singular), a hyphen is used between the pronoun and the verb to be:
- mi-e
- ți-e
- îi e
- ne e
- vă e
- le e
Then at last the sensation
- Frig - cold
- Cald - hot
- Foame - Hungry
- Sete - Thirsty
Negate, I'm not
To say you aren't something… Just put a 'nu' before it:
- nu mi-e cald. - I'm not hot.
- nu mi-e sete. - I'm not thirsty.
Example: Hungry & Thirsty
- Mi-e foame. - I'm hungry. (or to me it is hunger)
- Mi-e sete. - I'm thirsty. (or to me it is thirst)
- Ți-e foame. - You are hungry
- Ți-e sete. - You are thirsty
- Îe e foame. - He is hungry
- Îi e sete. - He is thirsty
- Ne e foame. - We are hungry
- Ne e sete. - We are thirsty
- Vă e foame. - You are hungry
- Vă e sete. - You are thirsty
- Le e foame. - You are hungry
- Le e sete. - You are thirsty