Questions & Answers about Am două mere acasă.
What does am mean here, and what is its basic form?
Am means I have. It is the 1st person singular, present tense form of the verb a avea (to have).
A few useful forms:
- 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)
- ei/ele au – they have
In the sentence Am două mere acasă, the eu is simply omitted, but am still means I have.
Where is the word for I? Why isn’t it Eu am două mere acasă?
Romanian usually drops subject pronouns like eu (I) because the verb ending already shows the person.
- Am două mere acasă. = Eu am două mere acasă. = I have two apples at home.
You normally:
- Use no pronoun (just am) in neutral statements.
- Add Eu for emphasis or contrast, e.g.
- Eu am două mere acasă, dar tu nu ai. – I have two apples at home, but you don’t.
So Eu am două mere acasă is correct, just more emphatic.