Cine mai vine la ședință?

Who else is coming to the meeting?

Breakdown of Cine mai vine la ședință?

• a veni: to come
• la: to
• ședința: the meeting
• cine: who

Questions & Answers about Cine mai vine la ședință?

Why is vine singular? If I’m asking about multiple possible people, shouldn’t the verb be plural?

In Romanian, cine (who) normally takes the 3rd person singular verb form, even when you are really asking which person or people.

So Romanian says:

• Cine vine? = Who is coming?
• Cine mai vine la ședință? = Who else is coming to the meeting?

This is one of those places where Romanian and English don’t match perfectly. English does not visibly mark the verb much here, but Romanian does, and the standard form after cine is singular.

What exactly does mai mean here?

Here, mai means something like else.

So:

• Cine vine la ședință? = Who is coming to the meeting?
• Cine mai vine la ședință? = Who else is coming to the meeting?

This little word is very common in Romanian and can have several meanings in other contexts, such as still, more, or again, depending on the sentence. In this sentence, the natural English equivalent is else.

Can I just leave out mai?