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porni
to start, to set off /porˈni/
verb#1309 most common
Also: to depart, to switch on / turn on (a device), to begin (an action or process)
Example sentences
Trenul pornește la ora opt.
The train departs at eight o'clock.
Mașina nu vrea să pornească.
The car won't start.
Ieri am pornit spre munte devreme.
Yesterday we set off toward the mountains early.
El porni la drum fără să spună nimănui.
He set out on the road without telling anyone.
Abia pornise motorul, că a și văzut că ceva nu e în regulă.
He had barely started the engine when he saw something was wrong.
De îndată ce va porni negocierile, guvernul va anunța public calendarul reformei.
As soon as it starts the negotiations, the government will publicly announce the reform timetable.
Conjugation
| Present Active | Simple Past Active | Simple Future Active | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1sg | pornesc | pornii | voi porni |
| 2sg | pornești | porniși | vei porni |
| 3sg | pornește | porni | va porni |
| 1pl | pornim | pornirăm | vom porni |
| 2pl | porniți | pornirăți | veți porni |
| 3pl | pornesc | porniră | vor porni |
Word family
pornirestart, departure, setting off
pornitstarted; (colloquial) worked up, agitated
repornito restart
repornirerestart, reboot
Etymology
Porni is inherited from a Slavic verb of motion, part of the large layer of Slavic vocabulary that entered Romanian during centuries of close contact with Slavic-speaking neighbors. It has kept the core sense of setting something in motion, whether a person on a journey or a machine. Modern Romanian dictionaries list it as a class IV verb, grouped with other -i infinitives such as vorbi and citi.
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