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This is a list of verbs in the past tense in Romanian. First let's start with the raw format before conjugating the verbs to the past form. Make sure to compare this table and the one below it.
| To see: a vedea |
| To write: a scrie |
| To love: a iubi |
| To give: a da |
| To play: |
| To read: a citi |
| To understand: a intelege |
| To have: a avea |
| To know: a sti |
| To learn: a invata |
| To think: a gandi |
| To work: a lucra |
| To speak: a vorbi |
| To drive: a conduce |
| To smile: a zambi |
| To find: a gasi |
These samples show how the verbs above are conjugated in the past tense in a sentence which includes all the object pronouns (I, you, she...).
| I saw you: Eu te-am vazut pe tine |
| I wrote with a pen: Eu am scris cu un stilou |
| You loved apples: Tu iubeai merele |
| You gave money: Tu dadeai bani |
| You played tennis: Tu jucai tenis |
| He read (past) a book: El citea o carte |
| He understood me: El ma intelegea |
| She had a cat: Ea avea o pisica |
| She knew my friend: Ea il cunostea pe prietenul meu |
| We wanted to learn: Noi vroiam sa invatam |
| We thought Spanish is easy: Noi credeam ca spaniola este usoara |
| You (plural) worked here: Voi ati lucrat aici |
| You (plural) spoke French: Voi vorbeati franceza |
| They drove a car: Ei conduceau o masina |
| They smiled: Ei zambeau |
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