"Eu nu am băut cafea atunci când am fost copil."

Translation:I did not drink coffee when I was a child.

April 26, 2017

Sau ”I did not drink coffee as a child”, also rejected...

Atunci what's it?

It means 'then', as in, back then, when I was a child. A bit redundant here.

"then"

My responses keep disappearing... It means 'then', as in 'back then, when I was a child'.

So no "imperfect" tense in Romanian? Because in the other romance languages we would have used it in this sentence

Yes there is imperfect in Romanian. That would be "Eu nu beam cafea atunci cand eram mic". But the above construction is also used.

As a native speaker, not using "imperfect" here is very strange for me.