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Conjugation of a mânca in Romanian

a mâncato eatirregular

Prezentpresent

Actions happening now or habitually.

eu~~manc~~mănâncOmitting diacritics or the vowel alternation: write 'mănânc' (not 'manc' or 'mănanc').

Past actions with a bearing on the present.

ei/ele~~ei a mâncat~~au mâncatMixing auxiliaries/persons: plural requires 'au', so 'ei au mâncat' (not 'ei a mâncat').

Ongoing or habitual actions in the past.

Actions completed before another past action.

ei/ele~~ei mancasera~~mâncaserăMissing diacritics in the pluperfect ('mâncaseră' is correct).

Actions that will happen.

Actions that would happen under some condition.

Wishes, doubts and hypothetical situations.

noi~~să mănânce~~să mâncămUsing the 3rd-person subjunctive for the 1st-person plural; the correct form is 'să mâncăm'.

Commands and requests.

tu~~mâncă~~mănâncăConfusing 3rd-person present with the imperative. The 2nd-person singular imperative is 'mănâncă'.

The -ing form used for ongoing action.

The form used in compound tenses and the passive.

Is a mânca a regular verb?

No — a mânca is an irregular Romanian verb, so some of its forms do not follow the standard endings.

What does a mânca mean?

a mânca is a Romanian verb meaning "to eat".