Word
Dumneavoastră ridicați brațul drept.
Meaning
You raise your right arm.
Part of speech
sentence
Pronunciation
Course
Lesson
Breakdown of Dumneavoastră ridicați brațul drept.
dumneavoastră
you (formal)
brațul
the arm
drept
right
ridica
to raise
Questions & Answers about Dumneavoastră ridicați brațul drept.
Why use Dumneavoastră here instead of tu?
If Dumneavoastră can mean one person, why does the verb ridicați have a plural ending?
The English translation says your right arm, but there is no word for your in the Romanian sentence. Why?
When talking about actions done to your own body parts, Romanian typically uses the definite article (the equivalent of the word the) instead of a possessive word like your. The noun braț (arm) has the article -ul attached to its end to make brațul (the arm). Since you are the one raising it, it is naturally understood that it is your own arm.
Why does the word drept come after brațul?
In Romanian, descriptive adjectives almost always come after the noun they describe. Instead of saying right arm like in English, the Romanian word order literally translates to the arm right (brațul drept).