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Întindeți brațele și inspirați adânc!

Întindeți brațele și inspirați adânc!
Stretch your arms and inhale deeply!
From Lesson 144:Affirmative plural imperatives (-ți)·Romanian

Breakdown of Întindeți brațele și inspirați adânc!

și
and
brațul
the arm
adânc
deep
întinde
to stretch
inspira
to inhale

Questions & Answers about Întindeți brațele și inspirați adânc!

Why does the Romanian sentence use brațele (the arms) instead of a word for "your"?
In Romanian, when referring to body parts or clothing, you generally use the definite article (like -le in brațele) instead of a possessive pronoun. It is already clear from the context that the person is being told to stretch their own arms!
What verb form is being used for întindeți and inspirați?
These are imperative (command) forms for the plural or polite "you" (voi or dumneavoastră). For most Romanian verbs, this command form is identical to the regular present tense form for "you all".
The word adânc means "deep", but the translation says "deeply". How does that work?
In Romanian, the masculine singular form of an adjective is very often used as an adverb without any spelling changes. So adânc functions as both the adjective "deep" and the adverb "deeply".
This lesson covers the comparative of inferiority. How would I say "inhale less deeply"?
You simply place mai puțin (less) before the adverb. So, "inhale less deeply" is inspirați mai puțin adânc. If you wanted to compare it to something else, you would add decât or ca, like in inspirați mai puțin adânc decât înainte (inhale less deeply than before).

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