"Ea trăiește puțin."

Translation: She lives a little.

[DanaMootII]

what does this mean, contextually?

[mermelique]

Depending on the context, it can mean "She has a short life" (like when you know that she would die young) and also can mean "She's not enjoying life as much as she should" (when you talk about a shy, introverted person, or one with no social life).

[ChrisJP]

So in Romanian this phrase is taken literally? Essentially being the opposite of what it means in English - where to "live a little" is to spend time doing fun things, as opposed to not living at all (being boring and doing nothing). In English we'd never use this phrase literally to denote a short lifespan.

[hptroll]

In the second meaning, I believe that the proper translation should be "she lives little" and not "she lives a little". "She lives little" is not accepted. I believe it should be.

[RobBeckett]

It is accepted now.

[duolingonaut]

How about "she has no life" then.

[the_hans]

My Romania partner says it has no special meaning in Romanian. So it is probably just a translation of the English sentence which has the meaning: to spend time doing enjoyable things.

[traindrivermark]

In that case it is definitely wrong.

[curinanco]

Vague sentences like this one don't really help to memorize the verbs.

[j.p.haaleb]

ou are VERY right, Jan3341 ! our dear Dl often makes us learn words from a stupid sentence.....

[MozJames]

this being translatable to both "she lives a little" and "she lives little" seems really ambiguous to me. the first implies that she does things to enjoy life, while the second implies that she's a hermit or workaholic who doesn't do anything to enjoy her life.

[PerfectPer5]

It is not clear we use it in spanish as if we try to get put from misery

[8jEZuexx]

In English we might say "life is too short " to waste it being miserable.

[Celina.1304]

This sentence doesn't make any sense

[bho0920]

really have no idea..

[lulubeck]

She's so very ill -- she's barely alive. ???

[AlexIonesc131108]

Strange sentence.
Correct: Ea mai are puțin de trăit (she is dying).
Or: Ea nu-și trăiește viața (if she does not live her life as she should...)

[georgina739075]

Ira depressing as hell. What is with these weird phrases in romanian??