Word
Mă spăl pe degete.
Meaning
I wash my fingers.
Part of speech
sentence
Pronunciation
Course
Lesson
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Questions & Answers about Mă spăl pe degete.
Why is there a mă before spăl?
Why does the sentence use pe (on)?
Why isn't there a word for "my" in this sentence?
In Romanian, you generally don't use possessive words like "my" with body parts if it is already clear who they belong to. Because you used the reflexive word mă (myself), it is completely obvious that you are washing your own fingers!