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Eu beau mereu cafea.

Eu beau mereu cafea.
I always drink coffee.
From Lesson 16:Present tense of -ea and -e verbs·Romanian

Breakdown of Eu beau mereu cafea.

cafeaua
the coffee
eu
I
bea
to drink
mereu
always

Questions & Answers about Eu beau mereu cafea.

Why does the verb beau end in a 'u' if this lesson is about verbs ending in '-ea'?
beau is the 'I' form of the verb a bea (to drink), which belongs to the '-ea' group (Conjugation 2). Even though the dictionary form ends in '-ea', the 'I' form for this group of verbs usually ends in -u. So, 'I drink' becomes eu beau.
Could I drop the word eu and just say Beau mereu cafea?
Yes! In Romanian, the ending of the verb tells you who is doing the action. Since beau already means 'I drink', the pronoun eu is completely optional. Including it just adds a little bit of emphasis.
Why is mereu placed after the verb, unlike English where we say 'I always drink'?
In Romanian, adverbs that tell you how often something happens, like mereu (always), usually go directly after the verb. So the natural sentence order is 'I drink always' (eu beau mereu).
Why is there no article attached to cafea?
Just like in English, when you talk about consuming a generic, uncountable thing like coffee, you do not use a definite article ('the'). You just use the base word cafea. If you were talking about a specific cup of coffee, you would use the 'the' form: cafeaua.

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