Breakdown of Cumpăr dolarul imediat ce cotația scade.
cumpăra
to buy
scădea
to drop / to decrease
dolarul
the dollar
imediat ce
as soon as
Questions & Answers about Cumpăr dolarul imediat ce cotația scade.
Why are both verbs in the present tense if this is a plan for the future?
Romanian often uses the present tense (cumpăr, scade) for future actions when they are planned or feel certain. You could also use the future tense here: Voi cumpăra dolarul imediat ce cotația va scădea. Notice that in Romanian, unlike English, if you use the future in the main clause, you usually also use the future after imediat ce.
Does imediat ce require the subjunctive mood?
No, it takes the indicative mood (normal tenses like present, past, or future). While many conjunctions in Romanian trigger the subjunctive, temporal phrases like imediat ce or de îndată ce (as soon as) just describe a factual sequence of events. That is why we use the standard present indicative scade instead of a subjunctive form.
Could I use the phrase de îndată ce in this sentence instead?
What is the infinitive of the verb scade?
The infinitive is a scădea (to drop, decrease, or subtract). It is a second conjugation verb (ending in -ea). In the present tense, it is a bit irregular: eu scad, tu scazi, el/ea scade, noi scădem, voi scădeți, ei/ele scad. Here it is in the third person singular because it matches the subject cotația (the quote).