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the letter B /ˈbe/
noun#4442 most common
Also: b (name of the letter)
Example sentences
Be este a doua literă din alfabet.
B is the second letter of the alphabet.
Cuvântul „bunica” începe cu be.
The word "bunica" (grandma) starts with a B.
La grădiniță, copiii repetă literele a, be, ce, de.
At kindergarten, children repeat the letters A, B, C, D.
Nu sunt sigur dacă numele se scrie cu be sau cu ve.
I'm not sure if the name is written with a B or a V.
Învățătoarea a subliniat cu roșu fiecare be din text ca să corecteze greșelile.
The teacher underlined every B in the text in red to correct the mistakes.
Lingvistul a explicat că, fonetic, be notează o consoană bilabială sonoră, spre deosebire de pe, care e surdă.
The linguist explained that, phonetically, B marks a voiced bilabial consonant, unlike P, which is voiceless.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | be | be |
| Genitive | be | be |
| Accusative | be | be |
| Vocative | be | be |
Word family
alfabetalphabet
literăletterabecedarfirst-grade primer, ABC book
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Etymology
Romanian names most consonant letters by adding the vowel "e" after the sound, a convention inherited from the Latin school tradition of naming plosive consonants this way (be, ce, de, ge, pe, te). This differs from continuant consonants, which in Latin took the vowel before the sound (el, em, en, er, es). The practice passed into Romanian along with the Latin alphabet and its pedagogy.
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