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mănânc
I eat /məˈnɨnk/
verb#1608 most common
Also: I'm eating, I am eating
Example sentences
Eu mănânc un măr.
I eat an apple.
Ce mănânci la prânz?
What do you eat for lunch?
Nu mănânc carne.
I don't eat meat.
Copilul mănâncă supa cu poftă.
The child eats the soup with appetite.
Mănânc sănătos de când am renunțat la dulciuri.
I've eaten healthily since I gave up sweets.
Deși știu că nu-mi face bine, mănânc dulciuri ori de câte ori sunt stresat.
Although I know it isn't good for me, I eat sweets whenever I'm stressed.
Conjugation
| Present Active | Simple Past Active | Simple Future Active | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1sg | mănânc | mâncai | voi mânca |
| 2sg | mănânci | mâncași | vei mânca |
| 3sg | mănâncă | mâncă | va mânca |
| 1pl | mâncăm | mâncarăm | vom mânca |
| 2pl | mâncați | mâncarăți | veți mânca |
| 3pl | mănâncă | mâncară | vor mânca |
Word family
Etymology
Mănânc is the first person singular present of a mânca, from Latin manducare, meaning to chew or to eat. The verb spread across the eastern Romance languages and kept its everyday, basic sense of eating. In Romanian the stem vowel shifts between mânc- and mănânc- depending on stress, a regular pattern in the language's verb system.
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