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Ridicăm brațele și picioarele.

Ridicăm brațele și picioarele.
We raise our arms and legs.
From Lesson 58:Basic Body Parts: Limbs·Romanian

Breakdown of Ridicăm brațele și picioarele.

și
and
brațul
the arm
piciorul
the leg
ridica
to raise

Questions & Answers about Ridicăm brațele și picioarele.

Why isn't there a word for "we" in this sentence?
In Romanian, the subject pronoun noi (we) is often dropped because the verb ending already shows who is doing the action. The ending -ăm in ridicăm clearly means "we raise".
Why does the English translation say "our arms" when there is no word for "our" here?
When talking about body parts, Romanian usually doesn't use possessive words like "our" or "my". Instead, it uses the definite article (meaning "the"). So, brațele literally means "the arms", but naturally translates to "our arms" based on who is doing the action.
How do you form the words "brațele" and "picioarele"?
Romanian attaches the word for "the" to the end of the noun. First, you make braț plural, which is brațe (arms). Then, you add the plural definite article -le to the end, giving you brațele (the arms). The exact same pattern happens with picior, becoming picioare, and finally picioarele.
Why do both of these plural nouns use the "-le" ending?
Braț and picior are both neuter nouns. Neuter nouns act masculine in the singular and feminine in the plural. Because they are treated as feminine in the plural, they both take the feminine plural ending -le to mean "the".

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