Am trei câini acasă.

to have

Breakdown of Am trei câini acasă.

• acasă: home
• câinele: the dog
• trei: three

Questions & Answers about Am trei câini acasă.

Why is there no word for “I” in Am trei câini acasă?

Romanian usually drops the subject pronoun (eu = I) because the verb ending already shows who the subject is.

• am is the 1st person singular form of a avea (to have), so it already means I have.
• Eu am trei câini acasă is also correct, but it emphasizes I (as in: I have three dogs at home, not someone else).

So the neutral, natural sentence is just Am trei câini acasă.

Is am always “I have”? How is the verb a avea (to have) conjugated?

In the present tense, am always means I have.

Here is the full present tense of a avea:

• eu am – I have
• tu ai – you have (singular, informal)
• el / ea are – he / she has
• noi avem – we have
• voi aveți – you have (plural / formal)
• ei / ele au – they have (masculine / feminine)

So in Am trei câini acasă, the form am clearly tells us the subject is I.

Why is there no word like “the” or “a” before trei câini?