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doream
I wanted / I was wishing /doˈre̯am/
verb#3804 most common
Also: I was wanting, I used to want, we wanted
Example sentences
Doream o cafea.
I wanted a coffee.
Doream să dorm.
I wanted to sleep.
Doream să merg la mare în vacanță.
I wanted to go to the seaside on vacation.
Când eram mic, doream să devin pilot.
When I was little, I wanted to become a pilot.
Doream mult să te revăd, dar nu am avut timp.
I wanted very much to see you again, but I didn't have time.
Noi doream să terminăm proiectul înainte de termen, însă situația s-a complicat.
We wanted to finish the project before the deadline, but the situation got complicated.
Conjugation
| Present Active | Simple Past Active | Simple Future Active | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1sg | doresc | dorii | voi dori |
| 2sg | dorești | doriși | vei dori |
| 3sg | dorește | dori | va dori |
| 1pl | dorim | dorirăm | vom dori |
| 2pl | doriți | dorirăți | veți dori |
| 3pl | doresc | doriră | vor dori |
Word family
dorlonging, yearning (the iconic untranslatable Romanian word)dorințăwish, desire
doritoreager, willing
a dorito want, to wish (infinitive)
nedoritunwanted
Etymology
"Doream" is the imperfect tense of the verb "a dori", meaning to want or wish. Romanian dictionaries trace "a dori" to an Old Slavic root related to giving a gift, which shifted in meaning toward wishing and longing. The imperfect ending "-eam" is native Latin-derived verb morphology, so the word blends a Slavic-origin stem with Latin-descended grammar, typical of Romanian.
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