Breakdown of Sistemul are o problemă, ajută-mă!
o
a / an (f)
avea
to have
problema
the problem
ajuta
to help
Questions & Answers about Sistemul are o problemă, ajută-mă!
Why is there a hyphen in ajută-mă?
Why do we use mă here instead of îmi for "me"?
Mă is the direct object pronoun. We use it here because the person is being directly helped. You would use îmi for an indirect object, which happens when an action is directed to or for someone, like in dă-mi (give to me).
The present tense for "you help" is ajuți. Why does the command use ajută?
For Romanian verbs ending in -a (like a ajuta), the informal singular command (telling one person "do this!") is identical to the he/she present tense form. Since "he/she helps" is el/ea ajută, the command "help!" is also ajută.
What part of sistemul means "the"?
The suffix -ul is the definite article meaning "the". Because sistem is a neuter noun ending in a consonant, we attach -ul to the very end of the word to make it "the system".