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zice
to say /ˈzit͡ʃe/
verb#131 most common
Also: to tell, to state, it is said (impersonal, se zice)
Example sentences
Copilul zice 'mulțumesc'.
The child says 'thank you.'
Ce zici, mergem la film diseară?
What do you say, shall we go to the movies tonight?
Ea zice că e obosită.
She says she is tired.
Cum se zice 'bună dimineața' în engleză?
How do you say 'good morning' in English?
Mi-a zis că vine mai târziu, dar încă nu a apărut.
He told me he would come later, but he still has not shown up.
Se zice că, odinioară, în satul acesta ar fi trăit un vraci care zicea descântece de vindecare.
It is said that, once, a healer who used to chant spells of healing lived in this village.
Conjugation
| Present Active | Simple Past Active | Simple Future Active | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1sg | zic | zisei | voi zice |
| 2sg | zici | ziseși | vei zice |
| 3sg | zice | zise | va zice |
| 1pl | zicem | ziserăm | vom zice |
| 2pl | ziceți | ziserăți | veți zice |
| 3pl | zic | ziseră | vor zice |
Word family
zicerethe act of saying, utterance
zicalăsaying, proverb
preziceto predict, foretellzissaid, an utterance or word
Etymology
Zice comes from the Latin verb dicere, meaning to say or to speak. In Romanian, the Latin initial d before a front vowel regularly shifted to z, the same change seen in zece from decem (ten) and zeu from deus (god). The verb has carried its core meaning of speech through two thousand years of sound change.
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