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am¹
- /am/
Rhymes with -am
Where it comes from
Inflected form of avea. Probably an analogical construction based on the old first-person plural or perhaps influenced by similar forms in other languages. Compare Aromanian am(u); cf. also Albanian kam (“I have”).
am²
- /am/
Rhymes with -am
Where it comes from
From old Romanian amu, presumably from an earlier (proto-) Romanian form aemu (attested in Aromanian), from Latin habēmus. The original first-person singular in proto-Romanian was aibu, from Latin habeō, but was changed to am(u) by analogy with the first-person plural. The form with -v- (avem) in the present form of the verb's main conjugation (as opposed to its use in this form as an auxiliary verb) may have been remade by analogy with avut; am may also be seen as a reduced, clitic form of avem. Compare similar contracted forms in Spanish and Portuguese hemos, Catalan hem, Venetan òn, aòn. See also ați, which has a parallel development.
verb
- am (modal auxiliary, first-person singular form of avea, used with past participles to form perfect compus tenses) (I) have... Eu am câștigat meciul. I have won the match.
- am (modal auxiliary, first-person plural form of avea, used with past participles to form perfect compus tenses) (we) have... Noi am fost la biserică duminică. We have been to church on Sunday.
am³
- /am/
Rhymes with -am
Where it comes from
Presumably from a Vulgar Latin *eamus, from Latin habēbāmus.
verb
- am (modal auxiliary, first-person plural form of avea, used with infinitives to form conditional tenses) (we) would
Talk about this word "am." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/ro/am. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. am. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/ro/am "am." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/ro/am.Cite this
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title = {am},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
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urldate = {2026-11-06}
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