Learn Romanian › mamă
mamă
mother /ˈma.mə/
noun#89 most common
Also: mom, mum
Example sentences
Aceasta este mama mea.
This is my mother.
Mama gătește în bucătărie.
Mother is cooking in the kitchen.
I-am dat mamei florile pe care le-a cumpărat tata.
I gave mother the flowers that father bought.
Mamă, nu știi cât de mult te iubesc!
Mom, you don't know how much I love you!
Deși mama nu a fost de acord inițial, ea a sprijinit decizia noastră până la capăt.
Although mother did not agree at first, she supported our decision all the way through.
Relația dintre mamă și copil se construiește încă din primele clipe de viață, printr-o legătură pe care niciun cuvânt nu o poate descrie pe deplin.
The relationship between mother and child is built from the very first moments of life, through a bond that no word can fully describe.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | mama | mamele |
| Genitive | mamei | mamelor |
| Accusative | mama | mamele |
| Vocative | mamă / mamo | mamelor |
Word family
Etymology
Mamă comes from Latin mamma, an affectionate nursery word for mother that also meant breast. This kind of reduplicated ma-ma syllable shows up independently across many unrelated languages, since it mimics one of the first sounds babies make. Romanian kept the word largely unchanged from spoken Latin, alongside the more formal Latin-derived term mumă, which has since become archaic.
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