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cum
how /kum/
adverb#43 most common
Also: as, as soon as, the way (that)
Example sentences
Cum te cheamă?
What is your name?
Cum ajung la gară?
How do I get to the station?
Nu știu cum să rezolv problema asta.
I don't know how to solve this problem.
Spune-mi cum a decurs întâlnirea.
Tell me how the meeting went.
Cum a ajuns acasă, a adormit imediat.
As soon as he got home, he fell asleep immediately.
Cum de-ai reușit să termini totul atât de repede rămâne un mister.
How you managed to finish everything so fast remains a mystery.
Word family
oricumanyway, regardlesscumvasomehow, by any chance
necumlet alone, not to mention
cumsecadedecent, well-behaved (literally 'as it should be')
Etymology
Cum descends from Latin quomodo, meaning 'in what manner.' Quomodo itself joins quo, an interrogative and relative stem, with modo, the ablative of modus, 'measure' or 'way.' Everyday spoken Latin wore the word down over centuries until only cum remained in Romanian.
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