Word
La cină bem apă, nu cafea, pentru că vrem să dormim.
Meaning
At dinner we drink water, not coffee, because we want to sleep.
Part of speech
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Breakdown of La cină bem apă, nu cafea, pentru că vrem să dormim.
cafeaua
the coffee
nu
not
apa
the water
a vrea
to want
Questions & Answers about La cină bem apă, nu cafea, pentru că vrem să dormim.
What does La cină mean and how is la functionally used here?
La is a preposition meaning “at” when referring to time or events (like meals). cină means “dinner.” So La cină literally translates as “At dinner.”
Why isn’t there an article before cină?
When you use la to indicate a meal or routine event, you don’t add an article. Saying La o cină would sound odd in this context; you simply say La cină for “at dinner.”
How is the verb bem formed and who is doing the action?
The infinitive “to drink” is a bea. In the present tense, first-person plural (“we drink”) it becomes bem. The ending -em signals “we,” so you don’t need the pronoun noi.
Why is there no subject pronoun noi before bem?
Romanian is a pro-drop language: the verb ending already shows the subject. Since bem ends in -em, it clearly means “we drink,” making noi unnecessary and usually omitted.
Why are apă and cafea used without any article?