Ieșim în oraș joi.

to go out

Breakdown of Ieșim în oraș joi.

• joi: Thursday

Questions & Answers about Ieșim în oraș joi.

What form is ieșim?

Ieșim is the 1st person plural present tense of a ieși, meaning to go out or to come out.

So ieșim can mean:

• we go out
• we are going out
• we’re going out (for a planned future event, depending on context)

In this sentence, it is very natural to understand it as a present form used for a near-future plan.

Why isn’t the word for we included?

Romanian often drops subject pronouns when they are not needed, because the verb ending already shows who the subject is.

Here, -im in ieșim tells you it means we.

So:

• Ieșim în oraș joi. = We’re going out on Thursday.
• Noi ieșim în oraș joi. also works, but noi adds emphasis, like we are the ones going out on Thursday.

What does în oraș mean here?

In this sentence, în oraș is a very common expression meaning something like:

• out in town
• into town
• out on the town

So a ieși în oraș is a set phrase meaning to go out, especially for leisure, socializing, dinner, drinks, and so on.

It does not just mean physically stepping outside into a city. It often has the more social meaning of going out.