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Opticianul îmi verifică vederea.

Opticianul îmi verifică vederea.
The optician is checking my eyesight.
From Lesson 256:Visiting the Optician·Romanian

Breakdown of Opticianul îmi verifică vederea.

îmi
to me
verifica
to check
opticianul
the optician
vederea
the eyesight

Questions & Answers about Opticianul îmi verifică vederea.

Why does the sentence use the dative pronoun îmi instead of the possessive word mea?
In Romanian, it is much more natural to use an unstressed dative pronoun (like îmi, îți, îi) to show possession when talking about body parts, senses, or clothing. Instead of saying "checks my eyesight", the Romanian phrasing literally translates to "checks the eyesight to me".
If îmi already shows whose eyesight it is, why does vederea have the definite article -a at the end?
When you use a dative pronoun like îmi to indicate possession, the possessed noun must still take a definite article. That is why vedere (eyesight) takes the feminine definite article to become vederea (the eyesight).
How is the noun vedere related to the verb a vedea (to see)?
It is formed using the "long infinitive" of the verb. By adding -re to the basic dictionary form of almost any verb, Romanian creates a feminine noun representing the action, concept, or faculty. So a vedea becomes the noun vedere (sight/vision).
Does the verb verifică have the same form for "he/she" and "they"?
Yes! A verifica is a regular verb ending in -a. For these verbs, the third-person singular (he/she checks) and the third-person plural (they check) share the exact same present tense form: verifică.

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