Breakdown of M-am așezat în fața biroului și am reglat monitorul.
și
and
avea
to have
biroul
the desk
în fața
in front of
se așeza
to sit down
regla
to adjust
monitorul
the monitor
Questions & Answers about M-am așezat în fața biroului și am reglat monitorul.
Why does "I sat" use the reflexive m-am așezat, but "adjusted" is just am reglat?
Why does birou change to biroului here?
The phrase în fața (in front of) is a compound preposition that always requires the following noun to be in the genitive case. Because birou is a neuter noun, its definite genitive form is biroului (literally: "of the desk").
Could I say am așezat without the m- if I still mean "I sat"?
No, you need the reflexive pronoun to mean "to sit down". If you drop it, the non-reflexive verb a așeza means "to place" or "to set". For example, you would use it to say you placed a book on the table (am așezat cartea).
Do I have to repeat the helper verb am after și?
Yes. While English often drops the pronoun or helper verb in sentences like "I sat... and adjusted", Romanian strongly prefers repeating the past tense auxiliary verb (am) for each distinct action in a sentence: m-am așezat... și am reglat.
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