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### Expressing Duration with *timp de*

When you want to state how long an action or event lasted, English typically uses the word "for" (as in "for three years"). Romanian expresses this enclosed duration using the phrase **timp de** (literally, "time of") followed by the period of time.

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### Careers and Roles

Use **timp de** to talk about professional experience, such as time spent at an agency (**agenție**), an internship (**stagiu**), or holding a specific position (**funcție**).

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### Living Arrangements and Studies

Use the same structure to describe how long you lived in a neighborhood (**cartier**) or paid rent (**chirie**).

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It also works for time spent in education, like staying in a university dorm (**cămin**), measuring time in semesters (**semestre**), or years spent at a high school (**liceu**).

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Enclosed duration (timp de)

adjective

adverb

adverbial phrase

auxiliary

auxiliary verb

conjunction

determiner

interjection

noun

numeral

particle

preposition

pronoun

sentence

verb

The verb to be and definite articles (a fi, -ul, -le)

Feminine definite articles (-a, -ua)

Indefinite articles (un, o)

Negative sentences (nu)

Question words (ce, unde, cine)

The verb to have (a avea)

Masculine plural nouns (-i, -ii)

Feminine plural nouns (-e, -i, -le)

Neuter plural nouns (-uri, -e, -le)

Adjectives and agreement

Present tense of regular -a verbs

Present tense of -a verbs with suffix (-ez)

Present tense of regular -i and -î verbs

Present tense of -i and -î verbs with suffix (-esc / -ăsc)

Present tense of -ea and -e verbs

Reflexive pronouns (mă, te, se, ne, vă)

Accusative prepositions (în, la, pe, din, cu)

Likes and dislikes (îmi place)

Possessive adjectives (meu, tău, său)

Third-person possessives (lui, ei, lor)

Possessive articles (al, a, ai, ale)

Formal politeness (dumneavoastră)

Demonstrative adjectives (acest, acel)

Numbers 1 to 10

The number two (doi, două)

Numbers 11 to 20

Counting by tens to 100

Quantifying large numbers (de)

The subjunctive (să)

Third-person subjunctive (să)

Direct object pronouns (îl, o, îi, le)

Personal direct objects (pe)

Days of the week

Telling time (e ora...)

Months of the Year (January to June)

Months of the Year (July to December)

The Four Seasons

Weather Conditions

Rooms in a House

Basic Body Parts: Upper Body

Basic Body Parts: Limbs

Everyday Clothing

Basic Foods: Groceries

Fruits and Vegetables

Around Town

Getting Around

Setting the Table

A Colorful World

Common Animals

In the Wild

Jobs and Careers

Everyday Tech

Describing people (tânăr, bătrân, înalt)

Asking when and why (când, de ce, care)

Hello and goodbye (bună ziua, la revedere)

Coming and going (intra, sta, trece)

Where is it? (sub, lângă, între)

Knowing and thinking (știu că, cred că)

Sorry, welcome, congratulations (îmi pare rău, la mulți ani)

Introducing yourself (mă numesc, sunt din România)

How much and how many (puțin, prea, doar)

Can and may (pot merge, pot să merg)

If and whether (dacă)

At school and university

Irregular verbs in the present (vrea, lua, da, bea, sta)

Free time and sport

How much is it? (cât costă, câți, câte)

Before and after (înainte, după, până)

At the doctor (mă doare)

Meals of the day (micul dejun, prânzul, cina)

At the restaurant

Ability and permission (a putea să)

Obligation and necessity (trebuie să)

Desires and intentions (a vrea să)

Impersonal statements (se)

Adverbs of frequency (adesea, uneori)

Conjunctions for reasons and links (pentru că, deci)

Stressed accusative pronouns (pe mine, pe tine)

Indefinite pronouns (cineva, ceva)

Negative pronouns and double negation (nimeni, nimic)

The past tense auxiliary (am, ai, a)

The past tense (am, ai, a)

Regular past participles (-at, -it)

Regular past participles (-ut, -s, -t)

Negative past tense (nu am)

Question	Answer
for (a period of time)	timp de
She studied English for three years.	Ea a studiat engleza timp de trei ani.
We lived here for two months.	Am locuit aici timp de două luni.
the decade	deceniul
The gentleman was a professor for a decade.	Domnul a fost profesor timp de un deceniu.
the agency	agenția
The boss of the agency managed the project for a decade.	Șeful agenției a gestionat proiectul timp de un deceniu.
I worked at this agency for five years.	Am lucrat la această agenție timp de cinci ani.
Do you know the boss of the agency?	Îl cunoști pe șeful agenției?
the internship (professional / formal)	stagiul
I did the internship at the hospital for a month.	Am făcut stagiul la spital timp de o lună.
She finished the internship, but she wants to learn more.	A terminat stagiul, dar mai vrea să învețe.
the position (role / title)	funcția
He kept this position for ten years.	A păstrat această funcție timp de zece ani.
The manager has a very important position.	Managerul are o funcție foarte importantă.
the neighborhood	cartierul
We lived in the same neighborhood for six months.	Am locuit în același cartier timp de șase luni.
Do you know the lady from this neighborhood?	O cunoști pe doamna din acest cartier?
the rent	chiria
We paid the rent for a year.	Am plătit chiria timp de un an.
Does your colleague still pay the rent for the apartment?	Colegul tău mai plătește chiria pentru apartament?
the dorm	căminul
the semester	semestrul
The student stayed in the dorm for two semesters.	Studenta a stat în cămin timp de două semestre.
My brother still lives in that dorm.	Fratele meu încă locuiește în acel cămin.
The first semester at the college was hard.	Primul semestru la facultate a fost greu.
the high school	liceul
They were classmates at high school for four years.	Au fost colegi la liceu timp de patru ani.
The boy no longer studies at this high school.	Băiatul nu mai învață la acest liceu.
how long (for how long?)	cât timp
How long are you staying in Romania?	Cât timp stai în România?
How long did you work there?	Cât timp ai lucrat acolo?

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