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Dumneavoastră ridicați brațul drept.

Dumneavoastră ridicați brațul drept.
You raise your right arm.
From Lesson 58:Basic Body Parts: Limbs·Romanian

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?
Dumneavoastră is the formal polite word for you in Romanian. You use this when speaking to someone older, a stranger, or in a professional setting, rather than the informal tu. It can be used whether you are talking to one person or a group of people.
If Dumneavoastră can mean one person, why does the verb ridicați have a plural ending?
When using the formal pronoun dumneavoastră, the verb always takes the same form as it does for voi (the plural informal you), even if you are only speaking to a single person. The ending -ți shows it is the voi form of the verb a ridica (to raise).
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).

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