Learn Romanian › înainte
înainte
before /ɨ.na.ˈin.te/
adverb#146 most common
Also: ahead, forward, earlier
Example sentences
Mergi înainte, te rog.
Go ahead, please.
Am ajuns cu o oră înainte.
I arrived an hour early.
Gândește-te înainte de a vorbi.
Think before you speak.
Cu mult timp înainte, aici era o pădure.
Long before, there was a forest here.
Trebuie să citim contractul cu atenție înainte de a-l semna.
We must read the contract carefully before we sign it.
Deși obosită, echipa a continuat să meargă înainte, hotărâtă să termine cursa.
Although tired, the team kept moving forward, determined to finish the race.
Word family
a înaintato advance, move forward
înaintareadvancement, progress
înaintașpredecessor, forerunner
dinaintebeforehand, in advancemai înainteformerly, previously
Etymology
Înainte comes from the Latin phrase in ante, where in means "in" and ante means "before" or "in front of." Romanian fused the two into one word and kept both the spatial sense (ahead, forward) and the temporal sense (before, earlier). Other Romance languages built similar words from ante, though most added the preposition ab instead of in.
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