Word
Dacă vrei, vom merge la salonul nou astăzi.
Meaning
If you want, we will go to the new salon today.
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Breakdown of Dacă vrei, vom merge la salonul nou astăzi.
nou
new
merge
to go / to run (of a machine)
la
at / to
vrea
to want
Questions & Answers about Dacă vrei, vom merge la salonul nou astăzi.
Why is it la salonul with the definite article instead of just la salon?
Usually, nouns drop their definite article after the preposition la (you would normally say vom merge la salon). However, because the noun is modified by the adjective nou, the definite article -ul must be attached to it.
Could I use o să mergem instead of vom merge in this sentence?
Yes! Vom merge is the formal or written future tense. In everyday conversation, Romanians are much more likely to say o să mergem. Both are perfectly correct here and mean the exact same thing.
In English we often say "If you want to", so why isn't it Dacă vrei să?
Romanian doesn't leave dangling connecting words like să at the end of a phrase. You must either drop it completely, resulting in Dacă vrei (If you want), or finish the thought with the verb, like Dacă vrei să mergem (If you want us to go).
Is salonul a masculine or neuter noun?
It is a neuter noun (un salon, două saloane). Because it is singular in this sentence, it behaves exactly like a masculine noun, taking the masculine definite article -ul and the masculine/neuter singular adjective nou.