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cine
who /ˈtʃi.ne/
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Also: whoever, the one who (relative)
Example sentences
Cine ești tu?
Who are you?
Cine a sunat la ușă?
Who rang the doorbell?
Nu știu cine a luat cartea mea.
I don't know who took my book.
Cui i-ai dat cheile?
To whom did you give the keys?
Cine se scoală de dimineață, departe ajunge.
Whoever rises early goes far.
Habar n-am cui să-i cer ajutorul în situația asta.
I have no idea whom to ask for help in this situation.
Word family
cinevasomeone, somebodyoricinewhoever, anyone
orișicineabsolutely anyone, whoever it may be
cuito whom, whose (oblique form of cine)
Etymology
Cine descends from the Latin accusative pronoun quem, the same source that gave Spanish quien. Romanian kept this form as its everyday word for who, unlike Italian and French, which built their equivalents from the Latin nominative qui. The shift from Latin quem to Romanian cine reflects regular sound changes in the language's separation from the rest of the Romance family.
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