Breakdown of Mă uit la hartă înainte să plec la aeroport.
la
to
a pleca
to leave
la
at
aeroportul
the airport
Questions & Answers about Mă uit la hartă înainte să plec la aeroport.
Why is it mă uit instead of just uit?
Because the verb here is a se uita, which means to look or to watch. It is a reflexive verb, so in the 1st person singular it normally appears with mă:
- mă uit = I look / I am looking
This is important because a uita without se usually means to forget, not to look.
So:
- mă uit la hartă = I look at the map
- uit harta would not mean the same thing; it would relate to forgetting
What is the basic form of mă uit?
The dictionary form is a se uita.
Here is the present tense of the verb:
- eu mă uit = I look
- tu te uiți = you look
- el/ea se uită = he/she looks
- noi ne uităm = we look
- voi vă uitați = you all look
- ei/ele se uită = they look
So mă uit is simply the 1st person singular present form.
Why do we say mă uit la hartă? Why is la needed?