"Do you have the table?"
Translation:Tu ai masa?
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These are not accents; a, ă and â are different letters with different pronunciations. And like other letters, their meanings depend on the words they are found in. But in this case, 'masă means 'table' and 'masa' means 'the table.' (But Romanian tends not to use definite forms after prepositions, so 'on /the/ table' is just 'pe masă.')
148
Well, it would make more sense if you said 'La masă'. A Romanian would still understand but if you want to be grammatically correct there's your answer.
148
It's a mixture of you using 'Aveți' which can mean plural or just a formal way of saying 'you' (depending on the context) & Because that means 'Do you have a table'.
Hope that helps
148
The thing that makes this tricky is the double meaning of the word 'masa'
1- masa=table 2- masa=meal
148
It must have been a Duolingo error because
Masa=the table and Masă=a table
Hope that helps!
1823
Just as a starter explanation, use the indefinite form (masă) after a preposition (pe, din, la etc) and the definite form (masa) anywhere else you want to say 'the table.' I'm sure there's more to it, but that will take you a ways.