Când aveți timp, spuneți-le copiilor unde mergem.

to have

Breakdown of Când aveți timp, spuneți-le copiilor unde mergem.

• a merge: to go
• unde: where
• când: when

Questions & Answers about Când aveți timp, spuneți-le copiilor unde mergem.

What person and number is aveți, and does it mean “you have” singular or plural?

aveți is the 2nd person plural present indicative of a avea (“to have”). In Romanian this form can address either:

• multiple people (“you all have”), or
• one person formally (the polite dumneavoastră).

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Why is the present indicative used after Când instead of the future tense or subjunctive?

When când (“when”) introduces a time clause in Romanian, the present indicative is normally used even if you refer to a future moment. It’s an idiomatic choice to keep things simple:

• Când aveți timp literally “when you have time,” but naturally implies “when you will have time.”

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Is spuneți here the indicative or the imperative form?

In this sentence, spuneți is the 2nd person plural imperative (“tell”). It coincides in form with the present indicative, but context (a request) makes it an imperative.

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What is the -le in spuneți-le, and to what does it refer?