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Dacă ești liber, mergem la piață.
Meaning
If you are free, we'll go to the market.
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Breakdown of Dacă ești liber, mergem la piață.
fi
to be (sunt, ești, este, suntem, sunteți, sunt)
merge
to go / to run (of a machine)
la
at / to
piața
the market
Questions & Answers about Dacă ești liber, mergem la piață.
Why is it liber instead of liberă?
The English translation says "we'll go," but isn't mergem in the present tense?
Yes, mergem literally means "we go." Just like in English, it is very common in Romanian to use the present tense to talk about future plans, especially when deciding what to do next. You don't need a complicated future tense here!
Where are the words for "you" and "we" in this sentence?
Romanian often drops subject pronouns like tu (you) and noi (we) because the verb endings already tell you who is doing the action. Ești always means "you are" and mergem always means "we go."
Why is it la piață and not la piața?
After the preposition la (meaning "to" or "at"), Romanian usually drops the definite article ("the") for common places. So, instead of saying la piața (to the market), you just say la piață. It works the same way with words like la școală (to school) or la muncă (to work).