Adu lămâia pentru salată.

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Breakdown of Adu lămâia pentru salată.

• a aduce: to bring
• salata: the salad
• lămâia: the lemon

Questions & Answers about Adu lămâia pentru salată.

What does Adu mean in this sentence?

Adu is the imperative (command) form of the verb a aduce, which means “to bring.” Here it’s the 2nd person singular imperative: “Bring (you).”

How do you conjugate a aduce in the imperative for other persons?

For a aduce, the affirmative imperatives are:

• 2nd person singular: adu (Bring!)
• 1st person plural: să aducem or more colloquially aducem (Let’s bring!)
• 2nd person plural: aduceți (Bring! – formal or plural you)

Negative imperatives use nu + subjunctive: e.g. nu aduce.

Why is it lămâia and not just lămâie?

Romanian marks the definite article by adding a suffix to the noun.

• lămâie = “a lemon” (indefinite)
• lămâia = “the lemon” (definite)

Here you want a specific lemon for the salad, so you use the definite form lămâia.

How does the enclitic article work in Romanian?