Eu stau acasă acum.

I am staying at home now.

Breakdown of Eu stau acasă acum.

• eu: I
• acum: now
• acasă: home
• a sta: to stay

Questions & Answers about Eu stau acasă acum.

What is the verb stau, and how is it conjugated in the present tense?

stau is the 1st person singular present indicative of a sta (“to stay/be situated”). The full present-tense conjugation is:

• Eu stau
• Tu stai
• El/Ea stă
• Noi stăm
• Voi stați
• Ei/Ele stau

Why is the pronoun Eu used here, and can it be omitted?

Romanian verbs carry subject information through their endings, so pronouns are optional. You can simply say Stau acasă acum and it still means “I am staying at home now.” Including Eu adds emphasis, much like stressing I in English.

What does acasă mean, and why isn’t there a preposition before it?

acasă is an adverb meaning “at home.” It stands alone and doesn’t need a preposition. If you wanted to use the noun casă (“house”), you’d say la casă (“to the house”), but acasă already encapsulates the idea of “home.”

How does the word order affect this sentence? For example, can I say Acum stau acasă?