Word
Iau micul dejun la ora șapte.
Meaning
I have breakfast at seven o'clock.
Part of speech
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Questions & Answers about Iau micul dejun la ora șapte.
Why does the sentence use Iau instead of a word for 'I have'?
In Romanian, you 'take' meals rather than 'have' them. Iau means 'I take' (from the verb a lua). So, to say 'I have breakfast', you literally say 'I take breakfast'.
What does micul dejun literally mean?
It literally translates to 'the small lunch'. Mic means 'small', and dejun is a word for 'lunch' or 'meal'. Together, they form the standard Romanian phrase for 'breakfast'.
If mic is an adjective, why does it have the -ul ending instead of the noun?
Normally in Romanian, the noun comes first and gets the 'the' ending (the definite article). However, micul dejun is a special fixed phrase where the adjective comes first. Because it is first, mic gets the -ul ending to mean 'the small'.
How do you say 'at a certain o'clock' in Romanian?
To say 'at [number] o'clock' in Romanian, you use la (at) followed by ora (the hour) and then the number. So la ora șapte literally means 'at the hour seven'.