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### By the day: din zi în zi

**Din zi în zi** (by the day, from one day to the next) describes a change that keeps going. With *mai* + adjective it means *more … every day*: *se face din zi în zi mai cald* (it's getting warmer by the day). It works like *din ce în ce mai* (more and more), but it names the step. Swap the noun for other steps: *din oră în oră* (by the hour, every hour), *din an în an* (year by year). Keep it apart from *zi de zi* (day after day), which describes a routine, not a change.

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### Every eight hours: din opt în opt ore

Put a number on both sides and the phrase measures a fixed gap, the wording of every prescription: *din opt în opt ore* (every eight hours). The noun comes once, at the end, in the plural.

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### Every other day: tot la două zile

**Tot la** + number + noun is the everyday way to say *every N …*: **tot la două zile** (every other day), *tot la cinci minute* (every five minutes). **La fiecare** + number says the same in a neutral tone, and **o dată la** + number means *once every N*.

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### Pe or la?

*Pe* + one unit gives a rate: *o dată pe săptămână* (once a week), *de două ori pe zi* (twice a day). *La* + a number of units gives the gap between two times, and the unit goes plural:

| rate: pe + one unit | gap: la + number + plural |
|---|---|
| o dată pe zi (once a day) | o dată la două zile (once every two days) |
| o dată pe lună (once a month) | o dată la trei luni (once every three months) |
| o dată pe săptămână (once a week) | o dată la două săptămâni (every other week) |

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Every other day, by the day (tot la două zile, din zi în zi)

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

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Basic Body Parts: Upper Body

Basic Body Parts: Limbs

Everyday Clothing

Basic Foods: Groceries

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Around Town

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A Colorful World

Common Animals

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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
by the day, from day to day	din zi în zi
It's getting warmer by the day.	Se face din zi în zi mai cald.
The child is growing day by day.	Copilul crește din zi în zi.
Prices are getting higher by the day.	Prețurile sunt din zi în zi mai mari.
Your Romanian is getting better by the day.	Româna ta e din zi în zi mai bună.
The weather changes by the hour.	Vremea se schimbă din oră în oră.
Take the medicine every eight hours.	Luați medicamentul din opt în opt ore.
The train leaves every two hours.	Trenul pleacă din două în două ore.
The kid asks me something every five minutes.	Copilul mă întreabă ceva tot la cinci minute.
The bus comes every ten minutes.	Autobuzul vine la fiecare zece minute.
I check my email every two hours.	Verific e-mailul la fiecare două ore.
We visit our grandparents once every two weeks.	Mergem la bunici o dată la două săptămâni.
I get a haircut once every three months.	Îmi tai părul o dată la trei luni.
every other day	tot la două zile
I water the flowers every other day.	Ud florile tot la două zile.
Grandma calls us every other day.	Bunica ne sună tot la două zile.
I go to the gym every other day.	Merg la sală tot la două zile.

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