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aparține
to belong /a.parˈt͡si.ne/
verb#1712 most common
Also: to be part of, to pertain to
Example sentences
Cartea aceasta îmi aparține.
This book belongs to me.
Casa aparține familiei mele.
The house belongs to my family.
Acest teren aparține statului.
This land belongs to the state.
Ea simte că nu aparține acestui loc.
She feels she does not belong to this place.
Colecția de tablouri aparținea odinioară unui muzeu privat.
The painting collection once belonged to a private museum.
Deși aparținuse mai multor generații ale aceleiași familii, moșia a fost vândută unui străin.
Although it had belonged to several generations of the same family, the estate was sold to a stranger.
Conjugation
| Present Active | Simple Past Active | Simple Future Active | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1sg | aparțin | aparținui | voi aparține |
| 2sg | aparții | aparținuși | vei aparține |
| 3sg | aparține | aparținu | va aparține |
| 1pl | aparținem | aparținurăm | vom aparține |
| 2pl | aparțineți | aparținurăți | veți aparține |
| 3pl | aparțin | aparținură | vor aparține |
Word family
apartenențăbelonging, membership, affiliation
aparținătorbelonging to; also used as a noun for a patient's next of kin
a țineto hold
conțineto contain
rețineto retain, to hold back
Etymology
Aparține joins the prefix a- (from Latin ad-, meaning toward) to a ține (to hold), which comes from Latin tenere. The word mirrors a pattern found across the Romance languages, where to belong is expressed as a form of to hold plus a directional prefix, as in Italian appartenere and French appartenir. Romanian dictionaries trace aparține to the French model, but the language rebuilt it using its own native verb ține rather than borrowing the French stem wholesale.
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