Azi plouă mult.

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Breakdown of Azi plouă mult.

• mult: a lot
• a ploua: to rain

Questions & Answers about Azi plouă mult.

What part of speech is Azi, and what does it mean?

Azi is an adverb of time meaning today. It tells you when something happens. In Romanian you’ll most often find it at the start of a sentence, but you can also place it at the end for stylistic emphasis.

Why is there no subject like it or el in Azi plouă mult?

Because plouă is an impersonal verb. Impersonal verbs in Romanian exist only in the 3rd person singular and don’t take a subject pronoun. Think of English “it’s raining” – Romanian simply drops the “it.”

What tense and person is plouă, and what is its infinitive?

plouă is the present indicative, 3rd person singular form of the verb a ploua (to rain). Impersonal verbs like a ploua are only conjugated in that one form.

What is the role of mult here, and why isn’t it mulți or multe?

In Azi plouă mult, mult functions as an adverb meaning a lot or much, modifying the verb plouă. Adverbs don’t change for gender or number. The forms mulți/multe are adjective/plural forms used to describe nouns (e.g. mulți oameni – many people).