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- "Do you have the table?"
"Do you have the table?"
Translation:Tu ai masa?
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Because that means "have you table" literally translated, which is grammatically incorrect in both Romanian and English
if you would say that to a romanian he would understand but it is grammaticly incorrect
Masă can mean both meal and table, it's used elsewhere like this in the lesson.
So both "Voi aveți masa?" And "Tu ai masa?" Are correct, the difference is "Voi" is asking more than 1 person, and "Tu" is only asking 1 person?
Yes, many languages have a singular "you" and a plural "you" French: tu/vous German: du/ihr Swedish: du/ni ...
And in Romanian: tu/voi
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I would pay more attention to the accents if you ever explained what any of them mean instead of just trial and error.
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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.')
'Masă' = '(a) table' 'Masa' = 'the table' 'La' = 'at/to/in' (not a definite article in Romanian!)
This is not correct - the English translation is a literal translation. In Romanian "tu ai masa" (a avea masa) is an expression meaning "are you having or do you have your meal?" - and can refer to any meal they are talking about, i. e. lunch, breakfast, etc, or, depending on the time of day.
Because "la masă" means "at the table". "La" is not a definitive article in Romanian (unlike other Romance languages). It is ONLY a preposition.
"masă" = (a) table, "masa" = The table "O" = "a" What you wrote is "o masa" = "a the table" which doesnt make any sense
Ok, so i didn't understand something. In other exersise there was 'The table' and i wrote '' Masa '' and there was written that it should be with 'ă' and then on this exersise there was "The table" and i wrote "Masă" and it said that it should be with "a". Can somebody explain when shall i put it?
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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.
