Breakdown of Continuăm drumeția către vârf în loc să coborâm.
a continua
to continue
în loc să
instead of
către
toward
drumeția
the hike; hiking
Questions & Answers about Continuăm drumeția către vârf în loc să coborâm.
What does continuăm mean, and what form is it?
Continuăm is the 1st person plural present tense of the verb a continua = to continue.
So:
- eu continui = I continue
- noi continuăm = we continue
In this sentence, continuăm means we continue.
Romanian often uses the simple present where English might use either:
- we continue
- we are continuing
depending on context.
Why is it drumeția and not drumeție?
Drumeția means the hike, while drumeție means a hike or just hike in a more general sense.
Romanian usually puts the definite article at the end of the noun, not as a separate word like English the.
So:
- drumeție = hike
- drumeția = the hike
In this sentence, Continuăm drumeția means We continue the hike.
This attached ending -a is the feminine singular definite article here.
What exactly does drumeție mean? Is it the same as trip or walk?