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Femeia apatică nici nu s-ar uita la tine.

Femeia apatică nici nu s-ar uita la tine.
The apathetic woman would not even look at you.
From Lesson 482:Emphatic negation (nici nu)·Romanian

Questions & Answers about Femeia apatică nici nu s-ar uita la tine.

Why does this sentence use both nici and nu to mean "not even"?
In Romanian, emphatic negation often requires a double negative. While nici can mean "neither" or "not even", when it modifies a verb to say "not even [verb]", you must still negate the verb itself with nu. So, nici nu s-ar uita follows this rule, translating literally to "not even not would look".
Wait, doesn't the verb a uita mean "to forget"? Why does it mean "look" here?
Yes, the non-reflexive verb a uita means "to forget". However, when used as a reflexive verb with the preposition la—a se uita la—the meaning completely changes to "to look at". It is a very common distinction you have to watch out for!
How is the verb s-ar uita formed here?
It is in the conditional present tense. The word ar is the auxiliary verb for the third-person conditional (would). The s- is the reflexive pronoun se, which drops its "e" and attaches with a hyphen because the following auxiliary verb starts with a vowel.
Why do we use tine instead of tu at the end of the sentence?
Most prepositions in Romanian, including la (at), require the pronoun that follows them to be in the accusative case. The accusative object form of the subject pronoun tu (you) is tine.

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