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povește
story /poˈveste/
noun#4057 most common
Also: tale, narrative
Example sentences
Copilul ascultă o poveste.
The child is listening to a story.
Mama îmi citește o poveste în fiecare seară.
Mom reads me a story every evening.
Povestea aceasta m-a făcut să plâng.
This story made me cry.
Nimeni nu credea poveștile pe care le spunea bătrânul.
No one believed the stories the old man told.
Structura narativă a poveștii reflectă tradiția orală românească.
The narrative structure of the story reflects Romanian oral tradition.
Poveștile pe care le ascultăm în copilărie ne modelează, adesea fără să ne dăm seama, felul în care înțelegem lumea.
The stories we hear in childhood shape us, often without our realizing it, in how we understand the world.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | poveste | povești |
| Genitive | povești | poveștilor |
| Accusative | poveste | povești |
| Vocative | poveste | poveștilor |
Word family
a povestito tell, to narrate
povestitorstoryteller, narrator
povestireshort story, narrative account
vestea piece of newsEtymology
Poveste comes from Old Slavic povestь, meaning a tale or account. Romanian absorbed a large layer of Slavic vocabulary in the early medieval period, mostly through contact with South Slavic speakers. The root veste still survives on its own in Romanian, meaning a piece of news, which shows how closely the two words are tied.
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