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zi
day /ˈzi/
noun#75 most common
Also: daytime, date
Example sentences
Astăzi este o zi frumoasă.
Today is a beautiful day.
Ce zi este azi?
What day is today?
Lucrez opt ore pe zi.
I work eight hours a day.
Îmi amintesc ziua în care ne-am cunoscut.
I remember the day we met.
Zilele trec repede când ești fericit.
Days pass quickly when you are happy.
Cu fiecare zi ce trece, realizez cât de efemeră este existența noastră.
With each day that passes, I realize how fleeting our existence is.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | zi | zile |
| Genitive | zilei | zilelor |
| Accusative | zi | zile |
| Vocative | zi | zile |
Word family
zilnicdaily, everydayazitoday
zilierday laborer
zioarălittle day (diminutive, used in folk speech and poetry)
Etymology
Zi comes from Latin dies, meaning day. Romanian kept only a reduced form of the word, dropping the ending sounds over centuries of spoken use. The same Latin root gave other Romance languages their words for day, though most built on a different case form.
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