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locui
to live (in a place), to reside /lo.ku.ˈi/
verb#891 most common
Also: to dwell, to inhabit
Example sentences
Eu locuiesc în București.
I live in Bucharest.
Unde locuiești tu?
Where do you live?
Familia mea locuiește într-un apartament mic.
My family lives in a small apartment.
Am locuit în Franța timp de cinci ani înainte să mă mut aici.
I lived in France for five years before moving here.
Dacă aș locui mai aproape de birou, aș pierde mai puțin timp cu naveta.
If I lived closer to the office, I would waste less time commuting.
Comunitatea care locuiește de generații în acea vale își păstrează cu grijă tradițiile.
The community that has lived in that valley for generations carefully preserves its traditions.
Conjugation
| Present Active | Simple Past Active | Simple Future Active | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1sg | locuiesc | locuii | voi locui |
| 2sg | locuiești | locuiși | vei locui |
| 3sg | locuiește | locui | va locui |
| 1pl | locuim | locuirăm | vom locui |
| 2pl | locuiți | locuirăți | veți locui |
| 3pl | locuiesc | locuiră | vor locui |
Word family
Etymology
Locui comes from the Romanian noun loc, meaning place, which was inherited from Latin locus. Romanian built the verb by attaching the verbal suffix -ui directly to this noun, a pattern used elsewhere to turn nouns into verbs. The resulting verb means to occupy or dwell in a place. This formation happened within Romanian itself, not in Latin.
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