Questions & Answers about Lasă geanta pe scaun.
What does lasă mean here?
Lasă is the 2nd person singular affirmative imperative of the verb a lăsa (“to leave/let”). In English it corresponds to “Leave” (as in “Leave the bag on the chair”).
How do you form the tu imperative for a lăsa?
For most -a verbs in Romanian, the tu affirmative imperative is identical to the 3rd person singular present indicative. Since el/ea lasă is the present form, the imperative is also lasă.
Why is the subject tu not written?
In Romanian affirmative imperatives, the subject pronoun (here tu) is usually omitted because the verb ending already indicates the person.
Why is it geanta and not geantă?
Romanian uses a postposed definite article on nouns.
• geantă = “a bag” (indefinite)
• geanta = “the bag” (definite)
Why is there no article before scaun?