Learn Hardcore Romanian: De când are colecția, Andrei caută chilipiruri. - Ever since he has had the collection, Andrei has been looking for bargains.

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De când are colecția, Andrei caută chilipiruri.

Meaning

Ever since he has had the collection, Andrei has been looking for bargains.

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Breakdown of De când are colecția, Andrei caută chilipiruri.

What does de când mean here?

Here, de când means since or ever since.

Literally, it is something like from when, but in natural English you usually translate it as:

It introduces the point in time when the situation started.

A useful extra note: de când can also appear in questions, where it means since when?

Why is are in the present tense, not a past tense?

This is a very common Romanian pattern.

In Romanian, after de când, you often use the present tense to describe a state or action that started in the past and still continues now.

So:

But in natural English, you may translate this as:

English often prefers the present perfect or a past-style phrasing here, while Romanian comfortably uses the present.

So the Romanian tense is normal; it does not mean the action started only now.

Why is there no word for before ?