Questions & Answers about Eu iau trenul la ora opt.
Iau is the 1st person singular present tense of the irregular verb a lua, which means “to take.” Conjugation in the present is:
eu iau
tu iei
el/ea ia
noi luăm
voi luați
ei/ele iau
Romanian expresses the definite article by attaching it to the end of the noun.
tren = “a train” (indefinite)
trenul = “the train” (definite)
Since tren is a masculine noun, its singular definite article is -ul.
In Romanian, to say “at [a certain hour],” you use the preposition la plus ora (“the hour”) and a cardinal number. So:
la ora opt = “at eight o’clock.”