Coming and going (intra, sta, trece)

In, out, across

These verbs describe moving around and leaving things behind. They combine with the prepositions you just learned — and, as there, the noun after în, la or pe drops its article (casa → în casă).

I go into the house.
Intru în casă.
We cross the street.
Trecem strada.
I take the book to school.
Duc cartea la școală.
verbIyouhe/shewe
intra (enter)intruintriintrăintrăm
sta (stay, live)staustaistăstăm
trece (pass, cross)trectrecitrecetrecem
duce (carry, take)ducduciduceducem
lăsa (leave)laslașilasălăsăm

Staying and leaving things

Sta means to stay — and in everyday speech also to live somewhere. Lăsa is to leave something (somewhere), and uita is to forget it.

Where do you live?
Unde stai?
I leave the book on the table.
Las cartea pe masă.
I always forget the key.
Uit mereu cheia.

Schimba is to change: a car, a plan, or a train.

We change trains at the station.
Schimbăm trenul la gară.

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