Andrei o să scrie o întrebare mâine.

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Breakdown of Andrei o să scrie o întrebare mâine.

• o: a
• mâine: tomorrow
• întrebarea: the question

Questions & Answers about Andrei o să scrie o întrebare mâine.

What does o să mean here and how is it formed?

o să is the periphrastic future marker in Romanian, equivalent to will in English. It’s formed by the clitic o (historical remnant of the auxiliary a voi) plus the subjunctive particle să, and it always precedes a verb in the subjunctive mood to indicate future action.

Why is the verb scrie used in this form? Isn’t it missing a future ending?

After o să, the verb appears in the subjunctive mood. The third person singular subjunctive of a scrie is scrie, identical to its present indicative form. This is normal: o să always triggers the subjunctive, not a special future ending on the verb itself.

Could we also say Andrei va scrie o întrebare mâine?

Yes. va scrie is the synthetic future indicative (using the auxiliary a vrea in present + infinitive) and is more formal or common in writing. o să scrie is the colloquial periphrastic future and very frequent in speech.

What is the o before întrebare, and is it the same as the one in o să?

This o is the feminine singular indefinite article (“a”), agreeing with the noun întrebare. It is completely unrelated to the o in o să, which is part of the future-tense construction.