Sper să ajungem la timp la ședință.

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Breakdown of Sper să ajungem la timp la ședință.

• la: on
• timpul: the time
• ședința: the meeting

Questions & Answers about Sper să ajungem la timp la ședință.

Why is să used after sper?

Because Romanian very often uses the subjunctive after verbs that express a wish, hope, intention, or desire.

So:

• sper = I hope
• să ajungem = that we arrive / for us to arrive

In natural English, we usually just say I hope we arrive..., but Romanian commonly builds this with să + verb.

So Sper să ajungem... literally feels like I hope that we may arrive..., though the best English translation is simply I hope we get there / arrive....

Why is it ajungem and not ajung or ajunge?

Because ajungem matches the subject we.

The verb a ajunge means to arrive / to get to. Its relevant forms include:

• ajung = I arrive
• ajungi = you arrive
• ajunge = he/she arrives
• ajungem = we arrive
• ajungeți = you all arrive
• ajung = they arrive

In this sentence, the speaker hopes we will arrive, so Romanian uses ajungem.

If the sentence starts with Sper = I hope, why does it switch to we in ajungem?