Verbs
As in all Romance languages, Romanian verbs are highly inflected according to person, number, tense, mood, voice. The usual word order in sentences is SVO (Subject - Verb - Object). Romanian verbs are categorized into four large conjugation groups depending on the ending in the infinitive mood. The actual conjugation patterns for each group are multiple.
- First conjugation: verbs ending in –a (alternatively -are), such as a da (to give), a cânta (to sing), including those ending in hiatus ea such as in a crea (to create);
- Second conjugation: verbs ending in –ea (shortened from -are) (only when ea is a diphthong), such as a putea (can), a cădea (to fall);
- Third conjugation: verbs ending in –e (alternatively -ere), such as a vinde (to sell), a crede (to believe);
- Fourth conjugation: verbs ending in –i/ire or –î/îre, such as a veni(re) (to come), a urî(re) (to hate).
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