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bem
we drink /bem/
verb#1663 most common
Also: let's drink, we are drinking
Example sentences
Noi bem apă.
We drink water.
Ce bem la cină?
What do we drink at dinner?
Hai să bem o cafea împreună.
Let's drink a coffee together.
În fiecare dimineață bem cafea înainte de muncă.
Every morning we drink coffee before work.
Dacă bem prea mult vin, ne doare capul.
If we drink too much wine, our heads hurt.
Bem pentru sănătatea ta!
We drink to your health!
Conjugation
| Present Active | Simple Past Active | Simple Future Active | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1sg | beau | băui | voi bea |
| 2sg | bei | băuși | vei bea |
| 3sg | bea | bău | va bea |
| 1pl | bem | băurăm | vom bea |
| 2pl | beți | băurăți | veți bea |
| 3pl | beau | băură | vor bea |
Word family
a beato drink (infinitive)
băuturădrink, beveragebeatdrunk, intoxicatedbăutdrunk (past participle)
băutordrinker
Etymology
"Bem" is the first-person plural present tense of the Romanian verb "a bea", to drink. The verb comes from Latin "bibere", to drink, which Romanian inherited directly as part of its Latin core vocabulary. This makes "bem" a cousin of the drinking verbs found across the other Romance languages.
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