Nu trimite documentul fără să citești formularul încă o dată.

Breakdown of Nu trimite documentul fără să citești formularul încă o dată.

nu
not
a citi
to read
a trimite
to send
încă o dată
one more time
documentul
the document
formularul
the form
fără să
without

Questions & Answers about Nu trimite documentul fără să citești formularul încă o dată.

Why is it Nu trimite and not Nu trimiți?

Because this is a negative command addressed to one person informally.

  • trimiți = you send / you are sending (present indicative)
  • trimite! = send! (imperative)
  • nu trimite! = don’t send! (negative imperative)

So Nu trimite documentul... means Don’t send the document..., not You don’t send the document...

A useful comparison:

  • Trimiți documentul. = You send the document.
  • Trimite documentul! = Send the document!
  • Nu trimite documentul! = Don’t send the document!
Is trimite the imperative here?

Yes. In this sentence, trimite is the 2nd person singular imperative of a trimite.

The sentence is talking to one person in an informal you sense:

  • Trimite! = Send!
  • Nu trimite! = Don’t send!

If you were talking to several people, or using the polite/formal form, you would say:

  • Nu trimiteți documentul... = Don’t send the document...
Why is there no word for you in the sentence?

Romanian usually doesn’t need a subject pronoun when the verb ending already shows who the subject is.

Here:

  • trimite shows an imperative to you (singular)
  • citești shows you read

So Romanian can leave out tu.

You could add tu for emphasis, but normally you would not:

  • Tu nu trimite documentul... sounds marked/emphatic, not the most neutral version.

The natural Romanian sentence simply leaves you understood.

What does fără să mean, and why is used here?

fără să means without followed by a verb, so here it means without reading.

Romanian often uses fără să + subjunctive where English uses without + -ing.

So:

  • fără să citești = without reading
  • literally: without that you read

This is a very common structure:

  • A plecat fără să spună nimic. = He left without saying anything.
  • Nu intra fără să bați la ușă. = Don’t come in without knocking on the door.

So in your sentence:

  • Nu trimite documentul fără să citești formularul...
  • Don’t send the document without reading the form...
Is citești subjunctive here? It looks like a normal present-tense form.

Yes, it is subjunctive, because it comes after .

In Romanian, the present subjunctive is usually formed with să + verb, and for many verbs the actual verb form looks the same as the present indicative.

So:

  • tu citești = you read / you are reading
  • să citești = that you read / for you to read / to read

In this sentence, is what signals the subjunctive:

  • fără să citești = without reading

So even though citești looks familiar, the presence of changes the grammar.

Why do we have documentul and formularul instead of document and formular?

Because Romanian attaches the definite article to the end of the noun.

So:

  • document = a document
  • documentul = the document

and

  • formular = a form
  • formularul = the form

This is one of the big differences from English. Instead of putting the before the noun, Romanian usually adds it as an ending:

  • carte = book
  • cartea = the book
  • băiat = boy
  • băiatul = the boy

So:

  • documentul = the document
  • formularul = the form
Why does the sentence use both documentul and formularul? Are they different things?

Yes, they are normally understood as different things.

  • documentul = the document
  • formularul = the form

The idea is probably: Don’t send the document without reading the form one more time.

Maybe the form contains information you need to check before sending the document.

A learner might expect the same noun twice, but Romanian is doing exactly what English can do too: mention one item, then another related item.

What does încă o dată mean exactly?

încă o dată means once more, one more time, or simply again.

In this sentence:

  • citești formularul încă o dată
  • read the form one more time

Literally:

  • încă = still / yet / another
  • o dată = one time

Together, încă o dată often means again / once again.

Examples:

  • Spune încă o dată. = Say it again.
  • Citește încă o dată. = Read it one more time.
Could I also say din nou instead of încă o dată?

Yes, often you could.

  • încă o dată = one more time / once again
  • din nou = again / anew

In many contexts they are both natural:

  • Citește formularul încă o dată.
  • Citește formularul din nou.

A small nuance:

  • încă o dată often emphasizes one additional repetition
  • din nou is a more general again

So in this sentence, încă o dată fits very well because it suggests checking the form one more time before sending.

Why is the order fără să citești formularul încă o dată and not fără să încă o dată citești formularul?

Because the normal word order places încă o dată after the verb phrase or after the object phrase, not right after .

Natural:

  • fără să citești formularul încă o dată
  • fără să citești încă o dată formularul

The first version is especially natural and neutral.

Less natural:

  • fără să încă o dată citești formularul

That order sounds awkward in standard Romanian.

So if you want to say without reading the form one more time, keep încă o dată later in the clause.

Can this sentence be translated literally as Don’t send the document without that you read the form once more?

Word-for-word, Romanian may look a bit like that because of fără să, but that is not how good English should translate it.

A more natural English translation is:

  • Don’t send the document without reading the form again.
  • Don’t send the document without reading the form one more time.

So this is a case where the Romanian grammar and the English grammar are different:

  • Romanian: fără să + verb
  • English: without + -ing
How would this change if I were speaking politely or to more than one person?

You would change the verb forms to 2nd person plural, which is also used for the polite singular you.

So:

  • informal singular: Nu trimite documentul fără să citești formularul încă o dată.
  • plural or formal: Nu trimiteți documentul fără să citiți formularul încă o dată.

Changes:

  • trimitetrimiteți
  • citeșticitiți

This is a very useful pattern in Romanian:

  • tu: citești
  • voi / dumneavoastră: citiți
Is this sentence formal, neutral, or informal?

It is informal singular, because it uses the singular command and singular you form:

  • Nu trimite
  • citești

The tone itself is fairly neutral/practical, but grammatically it is addressed to someone you say tu to.

If you wanted a more formal version, you would say:

  • Nu trimiteți documentul fără să citiți formularul încă o dată.

That would work for:

  • one person formally (dumneavoastră)
  • several people (voi / dumneavoastră)
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