Alegem ordinea serviciului înainte de meci.

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Breakdown of Alegem ordinea serviciului înainte de meci.

• a alege: to choose
• ordinea serviciului: the serving order
• meciul: the match

Questions & Answers about Alegem ordinea serviciului înainte de meci.

What does alegem mean, and what form is it?

Alegem is the 1st person plural present tense of the verb a alege, which means to choose.

So:

• a alege = to choose
• aleg = I choose
• alegem = we choose

That is why the sentence does not need a separate word for we. The verb ending already shows the subject.

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Why is there no word for we in the sentence?

Romanian often leaves out subject pronouns when they are already clear from the verb form.

Here, alegem already means we choose, so noi is unnecessary.

You could say:

• Noi alegem ordinea serviciului înainte de meci.

But this would usually add emphasis, something like We choose the order... rather than someone else.

This is similar to other Romance languages such as Spanish or Italian.

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Why is it ordinea and not ordine?

Ordinea is the definite form of ordine, meaning the order.

In Romanian, the definite article is usually added to the end of the noun, not placed as a separate word before it.

So:

• ordine = order
• ordinea = the order

That means ordinea serviciului literally means the order of the service or more naturally the service order.

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