Learn Hardcore Romanian: Dumneavoastră vă uitați la acest serial?

Dumneavoastră is the polite (or plural) form of you in Romanian. Vă is the reflexive clitic pronoun required by the verb a se uita (to look/watch). Romanian often keeps this clitic even when the subject pronoun is explicit, especially in polite or emphatic contexts.

Why is a se uita a reflexive verb?

In Romanian, “to watch” or “to look at” is expressed by a se uita la. Literally it means “to look oneself at,” so you always need the reflexive pronoun (mă, te, se, ne, vă) plus the preposition la before the thing you’re watching.

What is the literal translation of vă uitați?

Literally, vă = “yourselves” (2nd person plural or polite singular) and uitați = “you look.” So vă uitați = “you look yourselves,” which is how Romanian builds the idea of “you are watching.”

Why is there a la before acest serial?

Because a se uita always takes la + object. English says “watch a show,” but Romanian literally says “look at a show” ( a se uita la un serial ).