A trimite ("to send") is an everyday workhorse — you send messages, emails, packages, photos, regards — and it comes with one grammatical commitment English speakers have to internalize: the recipient goes in the dative. You don't "send someone something" with two flat objects the way English allows; in Romanian the person receiving is marked by a dative clitic or the dative case. So Îi trimit un mesaj is "I'm sending him/her a message" (literally "to him/her I-send a message"), and with a name, trimit un mesaj Mariei ("I send a message to Maria").
It is a regular class III verb (short infinitive in -e) with a t-stem that palatalizes to ț before -i — trimit but trimiți, gerund trimițând — and a short, irregular -s participle: trimis, never trimitut. The participle doubles as a noun, trimis(ul) ("the envoy, the messenger") and trimisul special ("special correspondent / envoy"), and the long infinitive trimitere is the everyday word for a "reference" or "cross-reference" (o trimitere la articolul cinci, "a reference to article five"). One verb, three useful words.
Prezent indicativ
| Person | Form |
|---|---|
| eu | trimit |
| tu | trimiți |
| el / ea | trimite |
| noi | trimitem |
| voi | trimiteți |
| ei / ele | trimit |
Imperfect
| Person | Form |
|---|---|
| eu | trimiteam |
| tu | trimiteai |
| el / ea | trimitea |
| noi | trimiteam |
| voi | trimiteați |
| ei / ele | trimiteau |
Perfect compus
Auxiliary a avea plus the short participle trimis.
| Person | Form |
|---|---|
| eu | am trimis |
| tu | ai trimis |
| el / ea | a trimis |
| noi | am trimis |
| voi | ați trimis |
| ei / ele | au trimis |
Mai-mult-ca-perfectul (pluperfect)
| Person | Form |
|---|---|
| eu | trimisesem |
| tu | trimiseseși |
| el / ea | trimisese |
| noi | trimiseserăm |
| voi | trimiseserăți |
| ei / ele | trimiseseră |
Viitor (future)
| Person | voi-future (formal) | o să-future (informal) |
|---|---|---|
| eu | voi trimite | o să trimit |
| tu | vei trimite | o să trimiți |
| el / ea | va trimite | o să trimită |
| noi | vom trimite | o să trimitem |
| voi | veți trimite | o să trimiteți |
| ei / ele | vor trimite | o să trimită |
Conjunctiv prezent
The 3rd-person form is să trimită — final -ă.
| Person | Form |
|---|---|
| eu | să trimit |
| tu | să trimiți |
| el / ea | să trimită |
| noi | să trimitem |
| voi | să trimiteți |
| ei / ele | să trimită |
Condițional prezent
| Person | Form |
|---|---|
| eu | aș trimite |
| tu | ai trimite |
| el / ea | ar trimite |
| noi | am trimite |
| voi | ați trimite |
| ei / ele | ar trimite |
Imperativ
The singular is trimite! (identical to the 3rd-person present), the plural trimiteți! The negative singular uses the infinitive: nu trimite! Clitics attach to the affirmative (trimite-mi!) but precede the negative (nu-mi trimite!).
| Type | Singular (tu) | Plural (voi) |
|---|---|---|
| Affirmative | trimite! | trimiteți! |
| Negative | nu trimite! | nu trimiteți! |
Non-finite forms
| Form | Romanian |
|---|---|
| Infinitive (short / long) | (a) trimite / trimitere |
| Gerunziu | trimițând |
| Participiu | trimis |
| Supin | de trimis |
Usage
The everyday "I sent you something," with the dative clitic before the auxiliary:
Ți-am trimis un email aseară, l-ai văzut?
I sent you an email last night, did you see it?
Imperative with a dative clitic attached — trimite-mi:
Trimite-mi adresa pe WhatsApp când ajungi acasă.
Send me the address on WhatsApp when you get home.
The dative recipient as a full noun — a trimite (cuiva):
Le trimit colegilor raportul până la prânz.
I'll send the colleagues the report by noon.
A physical package — a trimite un colet:
Bunica mi-a trimis un colet cu dulciuri de Crăciun.
Grandma sent me a package of sweets for Christmas.
"Send someone somewhere" — a trimite pe cineva (direct object person) undeva:
Șeful m-a trimis la o conferință în Cluj.
The boss sent me to a conference in Cluj.
Negative imperative, clitic before the verb — nu-mi trimite:
Nu-mi mai trimite mesaje la miezul nopții!
Stop sending me messages at midnight!
The set phrase "to send regards / greetings" — a trimite salutări (to someone, in the dative):
Trimite-i salutări mamei tale din partea mea.
Give my regards to your mother.
The reflexive a se trimite in a reciprocal reading, "to send each other":
Ne trimitem mesaje în fiecare zi de când s-a mutat.
We send each other messages every day since she moved away.
Common Mistakes
❌ Tu trimiti un mesaj.
Incorrect — the 2sg palatalizes t→ț: trimiți.
✅ Tu trimiți un mesaj.
You're sending a message.
❌ Am trimitut scrisoarea ieri.
Incorrect — the participle is the short -s form trimis, not *trimitut.
✅ Am trimis scrisoarea ieri.
I sent the letter yesterday.
❌ Nu trimite-mi mesaje noaptea.
Incorrect — in the negative the clitic comes before the verb: nu-mi trimite.
✅ Nu-mi trimite mesaje noaptea.
Don't send me messages at night.
❌ Trimit Mariei un cadou.
Incorrect — with a 3rd-person dative noun, double the dative with a clitic: îi trimit Mariei.
✅ Îi trimit Mariei un cadou.
I'm sending Maria a gift.
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