Verb conjugator

Romanian verb conjugation tables

Type any Romanian verb, or pick one of 16 common ones, and see it fully conjugated in the present, past and future, for every person. The built-in verbs are the ones you meet first and use most, regular and irregular.

Quick answer

Romanian verb conjugation is how a verb changes its ending, and sometimes its stem, to match the subject and the tense. This free tool lays out full tables for 16 of the most common Romanian verbs across 4 core tenses. Pick a verb like a fi (to be) or a fi (to be), or type any Romanian verb of your own to conjugate it on the spot.

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Showing a fi (to be) · irregular

a fi

to be irregular
Prezent
eu sunt
tu ești
el/ea este
noi suntem
voi sunteți
ei/ele sunt
Imperfect
eu eram
tu erai
el/ea era
noi eram
voi erați
ei/ele erau
Perfect compus
eu am fost
tu ai fost
el/ea a fost
noi am fost
voi ați fost
ei/ele au fost
Viitor
eu voi fi
tu vei fi
el/ea va fi
noi vom fi
voi veți fi
ei/ele vor fi

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How Romanian conjugation works

To conjugate a verb is to change its form to show who is doing the action (the subject) and when (the tense). In each table above, the subject runs down the left and the matching form sits beside it, across 4 core tenses: Prezent, Imperfect, Perfect compus, Viitor.

Verbs split into regular and irregular. Regular verbs follow a fixed pattern you can apply to thousands of others once you learn it; the badge on each verb names its type (irregular for a fi, for example). Irregular verbs like a fi (to be) change in ways you memorize one by one, which is exactly why the most common verbs are so often the most irregular.

You do not learn these by staring at the grid. You learn them by meeting them, over and over, in real sentences until the pattern feels obvious. That is what reading does, and it is what reading in Lingo7 is built for: open a real book in Romanian, tap any verb form to see its meaning, and the conjugations start to stick on their own.

Frequently asked questions

How do you conjugate Romanian verbs?

To conjugate a Romanian verb, you change its form to match the subject and the tense. Take a fi (to be): in the eu form it is sunt now, eram in the past, and am fost in the future. Regular verbs follow a fixed pattern by ending; irregular ones you learn one at a time. This tool shows the full table for each.

What are the most common Romanian verbs?

The most common Romanian verbs include a fi (to be), a avea (to have), a merge (to go), a face (to do, to make), a putea (to be able to, can), a vrea (to want), a ști (to know), a veni (to come). These high-frequency verbs are also the most irregular in most languages, which is why they are worth drilling first. This tool has full present, past and future tables for all 16.

Is Romanian verb conjugation hard?

Romanian conjugation takes practice but follows clear rules. Regular verbs are predictable once you learn the endings; the real work is the handful of very common irregular verbs and knowing which tense to use. Romanian is FSI Category I, about 750 hours to professional proficiency. The fastest way to make the forms automatic is to meet them again and again in real sentences, which is what reading does.

How many tenses does Romanian have?

These three, Prezent, Imperfect, Perfect compus, Viitor, are the core of everyday Romanian and the right place to start. Real Romanian also uses other moods and aspects (and, in most languages, extra compound tenses), but they build on the same stems and personal endings you see in these tables.