ăsta

See also: asta, Asta, Ásta, and astă

Romanian

Alternative forms
  • ăst (uncommon, literary, only used as an adjective in pre-position)
  • ista (popular, regional)

Etymology

From the original form, ăst (with an -a added for use as a post-position adjective and pronoun, as with ăla, acesta, acela), from Latin istum, from iste. Compare Spanish este.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ˈəs.ta]

Declension
declension of ăsta
singular plural
masculine neuter feminine masculine neuter feminine
nominative/accusative ăsta asta ăștia astea
genitive/dative ăstuia ăsteia ăstora ăstora

Determiner

ăsta

  1. (informal) this

Usage notes

When used as an adjective, ăsta is the colloquial form of acest, and is only used in post-position (after the modified noun). The noun it modifies must be in the definite form

studentul ăsta ― this student (male)
studenta asta ― this student (female)
bărbații ăștia ― these men
femeile astea ― these women

Pronoun

ăsta

  1. (informal) this one
Ăsta spune că vrea să meargă cu noi. ― This one says he wants to go with us.
Asta e foarte frumoasă. ― This one is very beautiful.
Ăștia sunt cam scumpi. ― These are rather expensive.
Astea nu mai au nici o valoare. ― These have no value anymore.

See also
This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.