Questions & Answers about Scuze, nu am apă.
What does scuze mean in Romanian and how is it used?
Scuze is the plural of scuză (excuse), but in everyday speech it functions like the English “sorry” or “excuse me.” You use it for a quick, casual apology or to get someone’s attention. For a more formal apology, you might say îmi cer scuze (“I apologize”) or îmi pare rău (“I’m sorry” in a more heartfelt sense).
Why is there no article before apă in nu am apă?
In Romanian, when you negate possession, you leave out the indefinite article. Also, apă (“water”) is an uncountable (mass) noun, so you wouldn’t normally say o apă to mean “water.” Instead, nu am apă literally means “I have no water” or “I don’t have any water.”
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