Ieri am tăiat morcovii cu cuțitul nou și i-am pus în tigaie.

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Breakdown of Ieri am tăiat morcovii cu cuțitul nou și i-am pus în tigaie.

• ieri: yesterday
• în: in
• și: and

Questions & Answers about Ieri am tăiat morcovii cu cuțitul nou și i-am pus în tigaie.

Why is the past tense written as am tăiat and am pus instead of one single verb form?

This is the very common Romanian compound past (perfectul compus).

It is built with:

• the auxiliary a avea in the present
• plus the past participle

So:

• am tăiat = I/we cut / have cut
• am pus = I/we put / have put

In everyday Romanian, this is the normal way to talk about completed past actions, especially in speech.

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Why are morcovii and cuțitul written as one word? Where is the word for the?

In Romanian, the definite article is usually attached to the end of the noun, not placed before it as in English.

So:

• morcovi = carrots
• morcovii = the carrots

and:

• cuțit = knife
• cuțitul = the knife

That is one of the biggest differences from English: Romanian often says noun + attached the.

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Why does morcovii end in -ii?