Ana candidează pentru post.

Ana

Breakdown of Ana candidează pentru post.

• pentru: for
• postul: the position; job
• a candida: to apply; stand as a candidate

Questions & Answers about Ana candidează pentru post.

What does candidează come from, and what verb form is it?

Candidează comes from the infinitive a candida = to apply / to run as a candidate.

In this sentence, candidează is the 3rd person singular present tense form, so it matches Ana:

• eu candidez = I apply / I am running
• tu candidezi = you apply
• el/ea candidează = he/she applies

So Ana candidează means Ana is applying or Ana is running depending on context.

Why is there pentru in the sentence?

With a candida, Romanian commonly uses pentru to show what position, office, or role someone is applying for or running for.

So:

• a candida pentru un post = to apply for a job/position
• a candida pentru funcția de primar = to run for the office of mayor

Here, pentru works much like English for in apply for or run for.

What does post mean here?

Here, post means job, position, or post in the employment sense.

So pentru post refers to a position someone is applying for.

A few related Romanian words are:

• post = post, position, job
• slujbă = job
• loc de muncă = workplace / job

In formal or administrative language, post is very common for a position opening.