Gașca se strânge sâmbătă.

The group of friends is getting together Saturday.

Breakdown of Gașca se strânge sâmbătă.

• gașca: the group of friends
• a se strânge: to get together
• sâmbătă: Saturday

Questions & Answers about Gașca se strânge sâmbătă.

What does gașca mean here? Is it literally gang?

Gașca is an informal noun meaning the gang, the group, the bunch, or the crew. It usually refers to a familiar social group, like friends who often spend time together.

So yes, the gang is often a good translation, but in Romanian it does not have to sound criminal or dangerous. Very often it just means a friendly group of people.

Why is the verb singular in se strânge if gașca refers to several people?

Because gașca is grammatically singular. It is one collective noun referring to a group.

So Romanian treats it like:

• gașca = one group
• therefore the verb is third person singular: se strânge

This is similar to English the group is meeting, even though the group contains multiple people.

What is se doing in this sentence?