Breakdown of Cum vremea se înrăutățește, e important să rămânem înăuntru.
fi
to be (sunt, ești, este, suntem, sunteți, sunt)
să
to (subjunctive marker)
rămâne
to stay
important
important
Questions & Answers about Cum vremea se înrăutățește, e important să rămânem înăuntru.
Since the current lesson is about causal cum, can I move the cum clause to the second half of this sentence?
No, when cum is used to mean 'since' or 'because', it almost always has to sit at the very beginning of the entire sentence. If you put it in the middle, it typically defaults back to its primary meaning of 'how', which would sound confusing here. If you want to put the 'because' clause second, you should switch to pentru că or deoarece.
I can see the root rău in se înrăutățește. How does this verb formation work?
Good eye! The verb a se înrăutăți (to worsen) is built from the adjective rău (bad) by adding the prefix în- and the suffix -ăți. It is used reflexively here (se) because the weather is worsening on its own. You will see this same pattern in other verbs, like a se îmbunătăți (to improve) from bun (good).
Why do we use the subjunctive să rămânem instead of an infinitive like in the English 'to stay'?
In Romanian, impersonal expressions like e important, e bine, or e necesar strongly trigger the subjunctive mood (să + verb). While English prefers the infinitive here, Romanian almost always uses the subjunctive to express the action that is deemed important or necessary.
Could I just use în instead of înăuntru to mean 'inside' here?