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care
which /ˈka.re/
other#32 most common
Also: who, that, what (in questions)
Example sentences
Cartea care este pe masă este a mea.
The book that is on the table is mine.
Care este numele tău?
What is your name?
Fata cu care vorbeai este sora mea.
The girl you were talking with is my sister.
Nu știu care dintre voi a spus asta.
I don't know which of you said that.
Omul căruia i-am dat cartea este profesorul meu.
The man to whom I gave the book is my teacher.
Fiecare dintre noi are o poveste a cărei complexitate depășește cuvintele.
Each of us has a story whose complexity goes beyond words.
Word family
oricarewhichever, any onefiecareeach, every, everyone
căruia / căreiato whom, to which (dative form)
al cărui / a căreiwhose (possessive relative)
Etymology
Care descends from the Latin adjective qualis, meaning 'of what kind' or 'such as'. In spoken Latin this word gradually took over the job of the classical relative pronoun qui, quae, quod. Romanian kept only the stripped-down form care for all genders and both numbers in the basic case, which is why it looks so simple today next to its Romance cousins.
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