Ieșim în oraș sâmbătă.

to go out

Breakdown of Ieșim în oraș sâmbătă.

• sâmbătă: Saturday

Questions & Answers about Ieșim în oraș sâmbătă.

What does Ieșim mean exactly here?

Ieșim is the 1st person plural form of the verb a ieși, meaning to go out, to exit, or to come out, depending on context.

In this sentence, it means we go out or we’re going out.

A very common expression is a ieși în oraș, which usually means to go out for fun, for example to a restaurant, bar, café, or just out into town.

Why isn’t there a word for we in the sentence?

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

Here, ieșim clearly means we go out / we are going out, so noi (we) is unnecessary.

You could say Noi ieșim în oraș sâmbătă, but that would usually add emphasis, like:

• We’re the ones going out on Saturday.
• As for us, we’re going out on Saturday.

Is Ieșim present tense? Why can it mean we’re going out in the future?