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### Light verbs: a da, a face

Many everyday actions are said with **a da** (to give) or **a face** (to do, to make) plus a noun, often with no article. Learn each one as a whole.

| expression | meaning |
|---|---|
| **a da o mână de ajutor** | to give someone a hand |
| **a da examen** | to take an exam |
| **a face plajă** | to sunbathe |
| **a face baie** | to take a bath |

**A da examen** is only *taking* the exam; *passing* it is *a trece examenul*.

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### Chores and memory

**A spăla vasele** (to do the dishes) uses the plural *vasele*, the dishes. With *a termina de* from this unit you get *am terminat de spălat vasele*. **A ști pe de rost** is *to know by heart*; the thing you know can come before or after *pe de rost*.

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### Being good at something, choosing

**A se pricepe la** is *to be good at, to know about*. What you are good at follows **la**: a noun, or a supine (*mă pricep la gătit*). **A opta pentru** is *to opt for*; it takes **-ez** in the present: *optez, optezi, optează*.

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### Attention and luck

**A fi atent (la)** is *to pay attention (to)*. *Atent* is an adjective, so it agrees: *fii atent!* to a man, *fii atentă!* to a woman, *fiți atenți!* to a group. **Cu atenție** is the adverb, *carefully*. **A avea noroc** is *to be lucky* — literally *to have luck*.

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Everyday expressions (da o mână de ajutor, face plajă)

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
to give (someone) a hand	da o mână de ajutor
Can you give me a hand?	Îmi dai o mână de ajutor?
The neighbor gave us a hand with the luggage.	Vecinul ne-a dat o mână de ajutor cu bagajele.
Can I give you a hand?	Pot să vă dau o mână de ajutor?
to take an exam	da examen
Tomorrow I'm taking my Romanian exam.	Mâine dau examen la română.
The students take their exams in June.	Studenții dau examen în iunie.
to sunbathe	face plajă
In the summer we sunbathe at the seaside.	Vara facem plajă la mare.
Don't sunbathe at noon!	Nu face plajă la amiază!
I sunbathed all day.	Am făcut plajă toată ziua.
to take a bath	face baie
The child takes a bath every evening.	Copilul face baie în fiecare seară.
In the evening I take a bath and go to bed.	Seara fac baie și mă culc.
The kids took a bath and went to bed.	Copiii au făcut baie și s-au culcat.
to do the dishes	spăla vasele
Who's doing the dishes today?	Cine spală vasele azi?
I've finished doing the dishes.	Am terminat de spălat vasele.
I cook, and you do the dishes.	Eu gătesc, iar tu speli vasele.
to know by heart	ști pe de rost
The actor has to know the text by heart.	Actorul trebuie să știe textul pe de rost.
I know her number by heart.	Știu pe de rost numărul ei.
The kids know the song by heart.	Copiii știu cântecul pe de rost.
to be good at (la)	se pricepe
I'm good at cooking.	Mă pricep la gătit.
Radu knows a lot about cars.	Radu se pricepe la mașini.
I'm no good at all with computers.	Nu mă pricep deloc la calculatoare.
to opt (for)	opta
We opted for a smaller apartment.	Am optat pentru un apartament mai mic.
I opted for the train, not the plane.	Am optat pentru tren, nu pentru avion.
Students can opt for an English course.	Studenții pot să opteze pentru un curs de engleză.
to pay attention (to)	fi atent
Pay attention to the teacher!	Fii atent la profesor!
I wasn't paying attention and made a mistake.	Nu am fost atent și am greșit.
You have to watch out for the traffic.	Trebuie să fiți atenți la trafic.
carefully, attentively	cu atenție
Read the instructions carefully.	Citește instrucțiunile cu atenție.
When it rains, I drive carefully.	Când plouă, conduc cu atenție.
I revised the sketch carefully.	Am revizuit schița cu atenție.
to be lucky	avea noroc
We were lucky with the weather.	Am avut noroc cu vremea.
You're lucky the boss didn't see you.	Ai noroc că nu te-a văzut șeful.
I'm never lucky in the lottery.	Niciodată nu am noroc la loterie.

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