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chema
to call /keˈma/
verb#322 most common
Also: to summon, to name (as in 'what do they call you'), to invite
Example sentences
Cum te cheamă?
What is your name?
Mama mă cheamă la cină.
Mom is calling me for dinner.
O să te chem mâine dimineață.
I'll call you tomorrow morning.
El o chema în fiecare seară acasă.
He used to call her home every evening.
Directorul va chema o ședință de urgență.
The director will call an emergency meeting.
Bunicul obișnuia să ne cheme cu un fluierat scurt, un obicei pe care nimeni din familie nu l-a uitat.
Grandpa used to call us with a short whistle, a habit no one in the family has forgotten.
Conjugation
| Present Active | Simple Past Active | Simple Future Active | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1sg | chem | chemai | voi chema |
| 2sg | chemi | chemași | vei chema |
| 3sg | cheamă | chemă | va chema |
| 1pl | chemăm | chemarăm | vom chema |
| 2pl | chemați | chemarăți | veți chema |
| 3pl | cheamă | chemară | vor chema |
Word family
chemarecall, summons, vocation
chematcalled, summoned
rechemato call back, recall
chemătorinviting, beckoning
Etymology
Chema descends from Latin clamare, meaning to cry out or call, a word Romanian kept from everyday Roman speech in the region. The shift from Latin cl- to Romanian ch- is a regular sound change, the same one that turned clavis into cheie (key). The word has stayed close to its Latin sense: to summon someone by voice.
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