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Astăzi lucrez de acasă pe laptop, pentru că la birou este prea aglomerat.
Meaning
Today I am working from home on my laptop, because the office is too crowded.
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Breakdown of Astăzi lucrez de acasă pe laptop, pentru că la birou este prea aglomerat.
a fi
to be
a lucra
to work
biroul
the office
la
at
Questions & Answers about Astăzi lucrez de acasă pe laptop, pentru că la birou este prea aglomerat.
Why is there no eu in front of lucrez?
Romanian often drops subject pronouns when they are not needed, because the verb ending already shows the subject.
- lucrez = I work
- the ending -ez tells you it is 1st person singular
So Astăzi lucrez... is perfectly natural. You can add eu if you want emphasis or contrast:
- Eu lucrez de acasă, dar colegul meu merge la birou.
What form is lucrez?
Lucrez is the present tense, 1st person singular form of a lucra = to work.
A few present-tense forms are:
- eu lucrez = I work
- tu lucrezi = you work
- el/ea lucrează = he/she works
- noi lucrăm = we work
So in this sentence, lucrez means I am working / I work, depending on context. Romanian present tense can cover both ideas.
Why does the sentence start with Astăzi? Could it go somewhere else?