The verbs with the infinitive ending in „-ea” are considered verbs of the 2^nd conjugation.

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Some models conjugation are bellow:

A avea (engl. to have), a tăcea (engl. to be silent), a vedea (engl. to see), a bea (engl. to drink)

A avea	A tăcea
Eu am	Eu tac
Tu ai	Tu taci
El / ea are	El / ea tace
Noi avem	Noi tăcem
Voi aveți	Voi tăceți
Ei /ele au	Ei / ele tac

A vedea	A bea
Eu văd	Eu beau
Tu vezi	Tu bei
El / ea vede	El / ea bea
Noi vedem	Noi bem
Voi vedeți	Voi beți
Ei /ele văd	Ei / ele beau

As we can see from the above examples, the root verbs have a lot of irregular forms. Nevertheless, we can formulate some rules: at the root verb we have to add some endings. For the verbs from the 2^nd group, the endings for most of the verbs are, respectively, as follows: Ø, -i, -e, -em, -eți, Ø. The exception is the verb “to drink” (a bea), where the ending is “u” in the 1^st person singular.

For most verbs, the 1^st person in the singular is homonym with the 3^rd person in the plural:

eu văd (I see) = ei văd (they see)

eu beau (I drink) = ei beau (they drink)

The negative form

In order to obtain the negative form, we will add the particle “nu” in front of the verbs.

A vedea	A bea
Eu nu văd (I don't see)	Eu nu beau (I don't drink)
Tu nu vezi (you don't see)	Tu nu bei (you don't drink)
El / ea nu vede (he / she doesn't see)	El / ea nu bea (he / she doesn't drink)
Noi nu vedem (we don't see)	Noi nu bem (we don't drink)
Voi nu vedeți (you don't see)	Voi nu beți (you don't drink)
Ei /ele nu văd (they don't see)	Ei / ele nu beau (they don't drink)

Mona Pologea, PhD Linguist, Rolang School, Managing Director