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vorbim
we speak / we talk /voɾˈbim/
verb#339 most common
Also: we are talking, let's talk
Example sentences
Noi vorbim română.
We speak Romanian.
Vorbim mâine la telefon.
We'll talk tomorrow on the phone.
Când vorbim, te rog să mă asculți.
When we talk, please listen to me.
Vorbim despre acest subiect de mult timp.
We've been talking about this subject for a long time.
Dacă vorbim deschis, cred că am greșit amândoi.
If we speak openly, I think we were both wrong.
Deși nu vorbim aceeași limbă, reușim să ne înțelegem.
Although we don't speak the same language, we manage to understand each other.
Conjugation
| Present Active | Simple Past Active | Simple Future Active | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1sg | vorbesc | am vorbit | voi vorbi |
| 2sg | vorbești | ai vorbit | vei vorbi |
| 3sg | vorbește | a vorbit | va vorbi |
| 1pl | vorbim | am vorbit | vom vorbi |
| 2pl | vorbiți | ați vorbit | veți vorbi |
| 3pl | vorbesc | au vorbit | vor vorbi |
Word family
Etymology
Vorbim is the first-person plural present form of the verb a vorbi, meaning to speak or to talk. The verb is built on the noun vorbă, meaning word or speech, which most Romanian etymological dictionaries treat as a word of Slavic origin rather than a descendant of Latin verbum, despite the visual resemblance. Romanian inherited many everyday speech and communication words from neighboring Slavic languages during the medieval period, alongside its Latin core vocabulary. The suffix -im marks the standard first-person plural ending for verbs of this conjugation class.
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