Romanian language lesson: The Present Indicative of the verbs in -ea (2nd conjugation)

The verbs with the infinitive ending in „-

ea

” are considered verbs of the 2

nd

conjugation.

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Some models conjugation are bellow:

A avea

(engl. to have),

a tăcea

(engl. to be silent),

a vedea

(engl. to see),

a bea

(engl. to drink)

A avea | A tăcea / Eu am | Eu tac / Tu ai | Tu taci / El / ea are | El / ea tace / Noi avem | Noi tăcem / Voi aveți | Voi tăceți / Ei /ele au | Ei / ele tac

A vedea | A bea / Eu văd | Eu beau / Tu vezi | Tu bei / El / ea vede | El / ea bea / Noi vedem | Noi bem / Voi vedeți | Voi beți / Ei /ele văd | Ei / ele beau

As we can see from the above examples, the root verbs have a lot of irregular forms. Nevertheless, we can formulate some rules: at the root verb we have to add some endings. For the verbs from the 2

nd

group, the endings for most of the verbs are, respectively, as follows:

Ø

, -

i

, -

e

, -

em

, -

eți

,

Ø

. The exception is the verb “to drink” (a bea), where the ending is “u” in the 1

st