Breakdown of E important să te uiți la bord.
fi
to be (sunt, ești, este, suntem, sunteți, sunt)
la
at / to
să
to (subjunctive marker)
important
important
se uita
to look / to watch
bordul
the dashboard
Questions & Answers about E important să te uiți la bord.
Why is there a te in this sentence?
Why do we use the subjunctive (să te uiți) instead of the infinitive like in English ('to look')?
Impersonal expressions that state a judgment or necessity, like E important (it is important) or E bine (it is good), require the subjunctive (să + verb) in Romanian, rather than the infinitive.
Why does the pronoun te go after să?
In the subjunctive mood, the conjunction să must come first. Any reflexive pronouns, like te, or object pronouns are always sandwiched directly between să and the verb.
Does bord have other meanings besides dashboard?
Yes. While it usually means dashboard in a driving context, it originally refers to the 'board' of a ship or aircraft, which is why you will also see it used in phrases like la bord to mean 'on board'.
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