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discutam
I was discussing /dis.kuˈtam/
verb#4846 most common
Also: we were discussing, I was talking (with someone), we were talking
Example sentences
Discutam cu mama la telefon.
I was talking with mom on the phone.
Noi discutam despre vreme când a început ploaia.
We were discussing the weather when it started to rain.
Discutam un proiect important cu colegii mei.
I was discussing an important project with my colleagues.
Pe vremea aceea, discutam des politică la cafenea.
Back then, we often discussed politics at the café.
Discutam despre consecințele economice ale deciziei, fără să bănuim ce urma.
We were discussing the economic consequences of the decision, without suspecting what was coming.
Dacă discutam mai devreme despre riscuri, poate am fi evitat criza.
If we had been discussing the risks earlier, we might have avoided the crisis.
Conjugation
| Present Active | Simple Past Active | Simple Future Active | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1sg | discut | discutai | voi discuta |
| 2sg | discuți | discutași | vei discuta |
| 3sg | discută | discută | va discuta |
| 1pl | discutăm | discutarăm | vom discuta |
| 2pl | discutați | discutarăți | veți discuta |
| 3pl | discută | discutară | vor discuta |
Word family
discuțiediscussion, conversation
discutabildebatable, questionable
discutatdiscussed, talked about
discutantdiscussant, panel speaker
a discutato discuss, to talk
Etymology
The verb a discuta entered Romanian in the 19th century as part of a wave of French and Latin borrowings that modernized the language. It comes from French discuter, itself from Latin discutere, which literally meant to shake apart or break up, and by extension to examine or debate. Discutam is the imperfect tense form, used for an ongoing or habitual action in the past.
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