Breakdown of Am de gând să mă apuc de sport anul acesta.
sportul
the sport
anul
the year
să
to (subjunctive marker)
acesta
this one
avea de gând
to intend
se apuca de
to take up
Questions & Answers about Am de gând să mă apuc de sport anul acesta.
How exactly does the phrase a avea de gând să work to show intention?
This phrase literally translates to "to have of thought to". To use it, you just conjugate the verb a avea (here, am for "I"), keep de gând unchanged, and follow it with să plus your action verb in the subjunctive mood.
Why is there a mă before apuc?
The verb for "to take up" or "to start doing something" is the reflexive verb a se apuca. Because the person doing the action is "I", the reflexive pronoun is mă. If you drop the mă, the non-reflexive a apuca just means "to grab" or "to catch".
Why do we need the word de right before sport?
The verb a se apuca requires the preposition de to introduce the activity you are starting. Whenever you say you are taking up a new hobby or task, you use a se apuca de followed by the activity.
Why is it anul acesta instead of just an acesta for "this year"?
In Romanian, when a demonstrative word like acesta (this) is placed immediately after the noun, that noun must take a definite article at the end. That is why an (year) becomes anul (the year) before acesta.
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