intransitive verb

venăre

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[ˈvenəɾe]

1. intransitive verb To come, to come over.

2. periphrastic verb It expresses purpose. It is used with an infitinive. Example: Toul’amic hast-ti venat vidre, your friend has come to see you.

3. periphrastic verb It is used in narrations, where sentences are usually in the past tense, as an equivalent form to the main verb conjugated in this past tense. It is used with an infitinive. Example: Ou scriwator vené morăre (=moré) circulat pur tota sa familla, the writer died (=came to die) surrounded by all his family.

4. periphrastic verb It expresses a repetitive process since long time ago. It is used with a gerund. Example: Ou diretor vene rowant denair des façe mouts meixes, the headmaster has been stealing money since many months ago.

Etymology: From Latin venire.

vadre

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[ˈvadɾe]

1. intransitive verb To go (to a place).

2. periphrastic verb It expresses a process under development, in consecutive stages. It is used with a gerund. Example: Gga se vade noixeçant, it is getting dark already.

3. periphrastic verb It express a near future, similarly to “to be going to” in English. It is used with an infitinive. Example: Demã nos vadèms-nus tendre ũn’aut nou, tomorrow we are going to buy a new car (for us).

4. periphrastic verb It is used to give somebody an order, as an alternative to the imperative tense. It is used with an infitinive. Examples: Vada dormăre!, go to sleep!

Etymology: From Latin vadere.

tornăre

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[ˈtoɾnəɾe]

1. intransitive verb To come back, to go back.

2. intransitive verb To turn around.

3. intransitive verb To become, to turn into, to get, to start to be. Example: Jo vad tornant malrazonator, I’m going crazy.

Etymology: From Latin tornare.