Vom face încălzirea înainte să ridicăm greutățile.
We will do the warm-up before we lift the weights.
Breakdown of Vom face încălzirea înainte să ridicăm greutățile.
face
to do, to make
să
to (subjunctive marker)
ridica
to raise
înainte
before
greutatea
the weight
încălzirea
the warm-up
Questions & Answers about Vom face încălzirea înainte să ridicăm greutățile.
Why do we use să after înainte?
In Romanian, the conjunction "before" is expressed as înainte să followed by a verb in the subjunctive mood. Unlike English, which uses the normal present tense here ("before we lift"), Romanian requires the subjunctive because the second action is anticipated and hasn't actually happened yet.
How is the noun încălzirea constructed?
Is ridicăm in the subjunctive mood here? It looks exactly like the present tense.
Yes, it is in the subjunctive mood because it is triggered by să. For almost all Romanian verbs, the "we" form (first-person plural) is completely identical in both the present indicative and the present subjunctive, so you have to rely on context clues like să to tell them apart.
Does greutățile only refer to gym weights, or can it mean something else?
The singular noun greutate literally means "weight." While it is used for physical gym weights and body weight, it is also very commonly used metaphorically to mean "difficulty" or "hardship." For example, doing something cu greutate means doing it "with difficulty."
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