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"Băieții au râs de noi stând în picioare."
Translation:The boys laughed at us standing up.
January 17, 2017
6 Comments
razvan.marin
1443
In Romanian it is ambiguous, though I tend to believe it is us as to make it more like the boys were standing, we would've said: Băieții au râs stând în picioare de noi.
crbratu
468
As Razvan said, it is ambiguous. I read it as "they" were standing. For the other possible meaning I would say "băieții au râs de noi fiindcă stăteam în picioare"
Coriander18
677
So what did the author mean? They were standing up laughing at us or they were laughing at us because we stood up?
Matilda209409
1452
it is most likely: they were laughing at us while we were standing up. The gerund is just another noun in apposition to noi, there is no causal link.