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în
in / into /ˈɨn/
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Also: at, within, on (with some time expressions)
Example sentences
Cartea este în geantă.
The book is in the bag.
Copiii se joacă în curte.
The children are playing in the yard.
Am fost în România anul trecut.
I was in Romania last year.
Într-o zi, totul se va schimba.
One day, everything will change.
S-a cufundat în gânduri, uitând complet de timpul care trecea.
He sank into his thoughts, completely forgetting the time that was passing.
În ciuda tuturor dificultăților, proiectul a fost dus la bun sfârșit într-un timp record.
Despite all the difficulties, the project was completed in record time.
Word family
într-contracted form of în before un/o (e.g. într-un, într-o)
întruarchaic or formal variant, still used in set religious or literary phrasesînăuntruinsidedinăuntrufrom inside
interiorinterior, inner (learned Latin cognate, not a direct derivation)Etymology
"În" descends directly from Latin "in", which already meant "in" or "into". Romanian kept the word almost unchanged across two thousand years, unlike many other Latin terms that were reshaped or replaced. Before words starting with a vowel, it commonly contracts, as in "într-un" or "într-o".
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