Ana solicită prelungirea.

Ana formally requests the renewal.

Breakdown of Ana solicită prelungirea.

• Ana: Ana
• prelungirea: the renewal; extension
• a solicita: to request formally

Questions & Answers about Ana solicită prelungirea.

What form is solicită?

Solicită is the 3rd person singular, present tense form of the verb a solicita.

So in this sentence it means that Ana is the one performing the action now / in general.

A quick breakdown:

• a solicita = the infinitive, to request
• solicit = I request
• soliciți = you request
• solicită = he/she requests

Here, Ana solicită means Ana requests.

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Why is it solicită and not solicita?

The final ă matters.

• solicită = he/she requests
• a solicita = to request

So the sentence needs solicită because it is a full statement with a subject doing an action.

Also, in informal writing, some people omit Romanian diacritics and write solicita, but the correct standard spelling here is solicită.

A pronunciation tip:

• ă sounds like a short, neutral uh
• ci in solicită sounds like ch

So solicită is roughly pronounced so-li-chi-tuh.

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