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?

Yes. Romanian has flexible word order.

• Stau acasă acum (neutral, emphasis on “staying at home”)
• Acum stau acasă (emphasis on “now”)
• Stau acum acasă (emphasis on the action happening now, with a slight shift in rhythm)

What’s the difference between Stau acasă and Sunt acasă?

Both can be translated as “I am at home,” but:

• Stau acasă highlights the act of staying or spending time at home (often temporary).
• Sunt acasă simply states your current location, like “I am at home” in a neutral sense.

How would you turn Eu stau acasă acum into a question?

You can use intonation or add Tu and invert word order:

• Stai acasă acum?
• Tu stai acasă acum?
  Rising intonation alone often suffices in spoken Romanian.

What does acum mean, and can it appear elsewhere in the sentence?

acum means “now.” It’s an adverb of time and can move for emphasis:

• Acum stau acasă (now, I am staying at home)
• Stau acum acasă (I am now, as opposed to before, at home)
• Stau acasă acum (default neutral position)