Skills, wishes and personal complements
Use for a learnt skill, for a wish, and for ability or permission. All take the present subjunctive: , , .
Third-person forms often change: , , , . Third-person singular and plural share the same subjunctive form.
The present of is . Negate the first verb: , .
Eu știu să cânt.I know how to sing.
Tu știi să înoți?Do you know how to swim?
El știe să cânte.He knows how to sing.
Ea vrea să danseze.She wants to dance.
Noi vrem să mergem.We want to go.
Motan trebuie să doarmă.Motan must sleep.
Practice 1/6 · Finding words
Notice the useful pattern
Tap the form practised in this unit.
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I know how to sing.
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Do you know how to swim?
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He knows how to sing.
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She wants to dance.
Practice 2/6 · The right form
Choose the form
Use the English meaning and the pattern in this unit.
Eu să cânt.
I know how to sing.
Tu să înoți?
Do you know how to swim?
El știe să .
He knows how to sing.
Ea vrea să .
She wants to dance.
Noi să mergem.
We want to go.
Motan trebuie să .
Motan must sleep.
Practice 3/6 · Fill the gaps
Complete the messages
Fill the gaps with the words from the box.
El știe să .
He knows how to sing.
Ea vrea să .
She wants to dance.
Noi să mergem.
We want to go.
Motan trebuie să .
Motan must sleep.
Practice 4/6 · Building sentences
Build a sentence
Put the words in order.
I know how to sing.
Do you know how to swim?
He knows how to sing.
She wants to dance.
We want to go.
Motan must sleep.
Practice 5/6 · In situations
What would you say?
Choose the right words for the situation.
I know how to sing.
You say:
Use the meaning and Romanian pattern explained in this unit.
I know how to sing.
You say:
Use the meaning and Romanian pattern explained in this unit.
Do you know how to swim?
You say:
Use the meaning and Romanian pattern explained in this unit.
Do you know how to swim?
You say:
Use the meaning and Romanian pattern explained in this unit.
He knows how to sing.
You say:
Use the meaning and Romanian pattern explained in this unit.
He knows how to sing.
You say:
Use the meaning and Romanian pattern explained in this unit.
She wants to dance.
You say:
Use the meaning and Romanian pattern explained in this unit.
She wants to dance.
You say:
Use the meaning and Romanian pattern explained in this unit.
Practice 6/6 · Matching
Connect messages and meanings
Match the pairs.
Unit complete
