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rog

I ask, I beg /rog/

verb#3571 most common

Also: please (in te rog / vă rog), I request, I entreat

Example sentences

Te rog!
Please! (I ask you.)
Vă rog, intrați.
Please, come in.
Rog puțină liniște.
I ask for a little quiet.
Te rog să mă suni diseară.
Please call me tonight.
Vă rog să mă scuzați pentru întârziere.
Please excuse me for being late.
Rogu-te, nu mai insista, căci decizia este definitivă.
I beg you, stop insisting, because the decision is final.

Conjugation

Present ActiveSimple Past ActiveSimple Future Active
1sgrogrugaivoi ruga
2sgrogirugașivei ruga
3sgroagărugăva ruga
1plrugămrugarămvom ruga
2plrugațirugarățiveți ruga
3plroagărugarăvor ruga

Word family

a rugato ask, beg, pray
rugăciuneprayer
rugăminterequest, plea
rugătorimploring, pleading
rugatasked, begged

Etymology

Rog is the first-person singular present of a ruga, which descends from Latin rogare, meaning to ask or ask for. The deeper Indo-European origin of rogare is debated among scholars, so no further root is given here. The same Latin verb, through borrowing rather than inheritance, underlies English words like interrogate and prerogative.

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