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luam

I was taking / we were taking /luˈam/

verb#2126 most common

Also: I used to take, we used to take, I was having (a meal, a bus, etc.)

Example sentences

Eu luam autobuzul în fiecare zi.
I used to take the bus every day.
Când eram mic, luam micul dejun cu bunica.
When I was little, I used to have breakfast with my grandmother.
Noi luam cina împreună în fiecare seară, până s-a mutat.
We used to have dinner together every evening, until she moved away.
Luam medicamentele exact cum mi-a spus doctorul.
I was taking the medication exactly as the doctor told me.
Pe vremea aceea, luam trenul de dimineață ca să ajung la timp la birou.
Back then, I used to take the morning train to get to the office on time.
Dacă nu luam decizia aceea la timp, azi am fi într-o situație mult mai gravă.
If I had not taken that decision in time, we would be in a much worse situation today.

Conjugation

Present ActiveSimple Past ActiveSimple Future Active
1sgiauluaivoi lua
2sgieiluașivei lua
3sgialuăva lua
1plluămluarămvom lua
2plluațiluarățiveți lua
3pliauluarăvor lua

Word family

a luato take
luarethe act of taking
luattaken
a preluato take over
a reluato resume, to take up again

Etymology

Luam is the imperfect tense of the verb a lua, meaning to take. Romanian scholars trace a lua to the Latin verb levare, which meant to lift or raise. Over time its meaning shifted from lifting to taking hold of something, a change also visible in related Latin descendants across the Romance languages. The imperfect ending -m marks first person, singular or plural, describing an ongoing or habitual action in the past.

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