Learn Romanian › iată
iată
here is / behold /jaˈtə/
adverb#730 most common
Also: there is/are, look, this is
Example sentences
Iată o carte.
Here is a book.
Iată casa mea.
Here is my house.
Iată ce s-a întâmplat.
Here is what happened.
Iată de ce am întârziat.
Here is why I was late.
Iată-l pe Ion venind spre noi.
Here he is, Ion, coming toward us.
Iată, deci, motivul pentru care hotărârea a fost respinsă.
Here, then, is the reason the ruling was rejected.
Word family
iacăhere is (regional/colloquial variant of iată)
uitelook, here is (everyday colloquial synonym)
iată-l / iată-ohere he is / here she is (iată with an attached pronoun)
Etymology
Iată is a presentative particle inherited from spoken Latin, built on a demonstrative element related to ecce, meaning "behold." That same base underlies Italian ecco, a word with the identical job of pointing something out. Romanian fused this element with a pronominal piece to form a single fixed word, and the exact steps of that fusion are debated among etymologists, though the general Latin presentative origin is well established.
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