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cu
with /ku/
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Also: by (means of), using
Example sentences
Eu beau cafea cu lapte.
I drink coffee with milk.
Mergem cu mașina la muncă.
We go to work by car.
Vreau să vorbesc cu tine.
I want to talk with you.
Ne-am întâlnit cu o săptămână în urmă.
We met a week ago.
Cu toate că era obosit, a terminat proiectul la timp.
Although he was tired, he finished the project on time.
Cu cât citești mai mult, cu atât înțelegi mai bine lumea.
The more you read, the better you understand the world.
Word family
cu toate căalthough
împreună cutogether with
cu atât mai multall the more so
cu privire laregarding, concerning
cu binesafely (used in farewells)
Etymology
Cu descends from Latin cum, meaning "with, together with." Latin cum itself traces back to a Proto-Indo-European root meaning "beside, near, by, with," the same root behind the Latin prefix con-/com- seen in words like convene and compose. Romanian kept this preposition short and unchanged, while a separate Latin use of cum as a conjunction developed into the unrelated-looking Romanian word cum, meaning "how."
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