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bonă
nanny /ˈbo.nə/
noun#4564 most common
Also: babysitter, governess
Example sentences
Bona are grijă de copil.
The nanny takes care of the child.
Copiii se joacă cu bona în parc.
The children play with the nanny in the park.
Am angajat o bonă pentru weekend.
We hired a nanny for the weekend.
Bona vorbește engleză cu copiii în fiecare zi.
The nanny speaks English with the children every day.
Relația dintre bonă și familie trebuie să se bazeze pe încredere.
The relationship between the nanny and the family must be built on trust.
Fără experiența acumulată ca bonă în copilărie, nu ar fi ales o carieră în pedagogie.
Without the experience she gained working as a nanny in her youth, she would not have chosen a career in education.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | bonă | bone |
| Genitive | bonei | bonelor |
| Accusative | bonă | bone |
| Vocative | bono | bonelor |
Word family
bonănanny
dădacănanny, nurse (older, native Romanian term)
guvernantăgoverness
bonă de noaptenight nanny
Etymology
Romanian borrowed "bonă" from French "bonne", which as a noun means maid or nanny and is the feminine form of the adjective "bon" (good). The word entered Romanian in the 19th century, a period when French vocabulary flooded into Romanian through the upper classes and education system. It kept its narrow sense of a paid childminder rather than the broader French meaning of female servant.
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