Breakdown of Trimite mesajul înainte de ședință.
ședința
the meeting
înainte de
before
a trimite
to send
mesajul
the message
Questions & Answers about Trimite mesajul înainte de ședință.
What kind of word is Trimite, and what person and mood does it express?
Trimite is the second person singular imperative of the verb a trimite (“to send”). It’s a command telling “you” (one person, informal) to carry out the action now or very soon.
Why does mesajul end in -ul instead of having a separate article like in English?
Romanian attaches the definite article as a suffix to nouns. So:
- mesaj = “message” (indefinite)
- mesajul = “the message” (definite)
This is different from English, which places “the” before the noun.
Could we say Trimite un mesaj înainte de ședință instead? What changes in meaning?
Yes, but:
- Trimite un mesaj = “send a message” (any one message).
- Trimite mesajul = “send the message” (a specific message already known to speaker and listener).
Using un makes it indefinite; using -ul makes it definite.
What does înainte de mean? Is it the same as înaintea?
înainte de literally means “before” (in time). It’s followed by a noun in the indefinite or definite form: înainte de ședință (“before the meeting”).
înaintea is a single-word preposition (“before”) that also takes a noun in the definite form: înaintea ședinței. It’s more formal or literary.