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du-te

go /ˈdu.te/

verb#210 most common

Also: get going, leave, off you go

Example sentences

Du-te acasă!
Go home!
Du-te și spală-te pe mâini.
Go wash your hands.
Du-te la magazin și cumpără pâine.
Go to the store and buy some bread.
Du-te dracului, nu mai vreau să te văd!
Go to hell, I don't want to see you anymore!
Du-te unde te duce inima, nu unde-ți spun alții.
Go where your heart takes you, not where others tell you.
Du-te-ncolo, nu pot să cred că ai câștigat!
No way, I can't believe you won!

Conjugation

Present ActiveSimple Past ActiveSimple Future Active
1sgmă ducmă duseimă voi duce
2sgte ducite duseșite vei duce
3sgse ducese dusese va duce
1plne ducemne duserămne vom duce
2plvă ducețivă duserățivă veți duce
3plse ducse duserăse vor duce

Word family

a duceto carry, to lead
a se duceto go, to leave (reflexive)
dusgone
conducereleadership, managementconducătorleader, driver

Etymology

Du-te is the informal imperative of the reflexive verb a se duce, which means to go or to leave. The base verb a duce, meaning to carry or to lead, comes from Latin ducere. The reflexive sense turns carrying into carrying oneself off, hence go. Te is the second-person singular reflexive pronoun, attached after the imperative form du.

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