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na
here, take this /ˈna/
particle#4022 most common
Also: there you go, well, (would you believe it)
Example sentences
Na, ia mărul!
Here, take the apple!
Na, ți-am adus o cafea.
Here, I brought you a coffee.
Na-ți banii înapoi.
Here's your money back.
Na, poftim, ia și tu o bomboană.
Here, go on, have a candy too.
Na, iar a pierdut cheile!
There he goes again, he's lost his keys!
Na, dacă tot insiști, na, ia și partea mea.
Fine, since you insist, here, take my share too.
Word family
na-țihere, take yours
na-ihere, give it to him/her
poftimhere you go (more polite variant)ținehold, take (used in similar handing-over contexts)Etymology
Na is a short interjection that Romanian speakers use while physically holding something out to another person. Its origin is expressive rather than inherited from Latin, and dictionaries classify it as onomatopoeic. Very similar short interjections with the same handing-over sense appear across neighboring Slavic languages, which points to a shared Balkan speech habit rather than a borrowed root.
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