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Romanian
Alternative forms
Etymology
Inherited from Latin paene ad (“almost to”). Compare Aromanian pãnã.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈpɨ.nə/
- Rhymes: -ɨnə
- Hyphenation: pâ‧nă
Adverb
până
- Optionally preceding și (“even”, adverb) for emphasis or clarification.
Conjunction
până
- (temporal) until, till, up to
Usage notes
The conjunction până may connect to the next sentence alone or succeeded by când or ce; use with când is appropriate for any register, use without any other conjunction fits any register other than formal written language, and use with ce is uncommon and appropriate for the informal or literary register.
Preposition
până
- (spatial or temporal) until, till, up to
- (by extension, informal) over to
Merg până în bucătărie, vrea cineva ceva?- I’m going over to the kitchen, does anybody want anything?
Usage notes
If governing a noun, până must first be followed by another spatial preposition. The default second preposition to use is la, which is also appropriate for nouns without spatial significance: până la golire (“until emptying”).
If până is used with an adverb (such as mâine (“tomorrow”), târziu (“late”) or jos (“down”)), or with a noun that can be used without a proposition as a temporal adverb, such as iarna (“(in) winter”) or anul trecut (“last year”), no preposition is necessary.
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