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așă
so, thus, like this/that (archaic/dialectal form of standard Romanian "așa") /aˈʃə/
adverb#45 most common
Also: in this manner, that way
Example sentences
Așă face bunica pâinea, cu mâinile ei.
This is how grandmother makes the bread, with her own hands.
Nu e așă cum ai crezut tu.
It is not the way you thought.
Așă mi-a spus tata, și așă am făcut și eu.
That is what father told me, and that is what I did too.
Așă-i rânduiala la noi în sat, de când lumea.
That is how things are ordered in our village, since forever.
De când mă știu, așă am trăit, cu puțin și mulțumit.
For as long as I can remember, I have lived this way, with little and content.
Și așă, cu voia lui Dumnezeu, s-au așezat lucrurile precum se cuvine.
And so, God willing, things settled into place as they should.
Word family
așathe modern standard spelling, meaning "so, thus"
așa-zisso-called
așadartherefore, henceașa și așaso-so, middling
Etymology
The standard Romanian word is "așa", built from Latin elements meaning "like this" (compare the demonstrative particle "sic" behind Italian "così", Spanish "así", and French "ainsi"). "Așă", with a final "ă" instead of "a", is an older and regional pronunciation, common in Moldavian speech, Aromanian, and in old chronicle texts, before spelling settled on "așa". It shows the same tendency of unstressed final "-a" shifting toward "-ă" seen in other old and dialectal Romanian words.
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