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Cine are timp ajută comunitatea.

Cine are timp ajută comunitatea.
Whoever has time helps the community.
From Lesson 262:Independent relative pronoun (cine)·Romanian

Breakdown of Cine are timp ajută comunitatea.

cine
who
avea
to have
ajuta
to help
timpul
the time
comunitatea
the community

Questions & Answers about Cine are timp ajută comunitatea.

Why does cine translate to "whoever" here instead of "who"?
When cine is used in a statement without pointing back to a specific noun, it acts as an independent relative pronoun. In English, we naturally translate this as "whoever", "the person who", or "anyone who".
Where is the subject for the second verb, ajută?
The entire first clause, Cine are timp (Whoever has time), acts as the subject for the main verb ajută. You don't need to add an extra pronoun like el (he) before ajută.
Why doesn't timp have an article here?
When expressing a general possession of an uncountable or abstract concept like time, Romanian uses the bare noun after the verb a avea (to have). It mirrors the English phrase "to have time" exactly.
Is the -a at the end of comunitatea the definite article?
Yes. The base word is the feminine noun comunitate (community). To say "the community", you add the definite article -a to the end. Since the noun already ends in -e, the article simply attaches to make comunitatea.

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