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Questions & Answers about Am trimis un mesaj vocal.
Why does the sentence start with am? Doesn’t am mean I have?
Yes. In this sentence, am is the 1st person singular present form of the auxiliary verb a avea (to have), and it is used to build the perfectul compus, a very common Romanian past tense.
So:
- am trimis = I sent / I have sent
This is similar to English have sent, but in Romanian it is also very commonly used where English would simply use sent.
What form is trimis?
Trimis is the past participle of a trimite (to send).
So the structure is:
- am = auxiliary
- trimis = past participle
Together:
- am trimis = I sent / I have sent
This pattern is extremely common in Romanian:
- am văzut = I saw / I have seen
- am făcut = I did / I have done
- am spus = I said / I have said
Why isn’t it eu am trimis? Where is I?