Perfect compus: irregular participles

The perfect compus is the everyday past tense of spoken Romanian. It is built from the auxiliary am, ai, a, am, ați, au plus the past participle, which never changes: eu am făcut, tu ai făcut, ea a făcut, noi am făcut, voi ați făcut, ei au făcut.

Regular verbs are easy (a lucra → lucrat, a dormi → dormit), but many frequent verbs have participles you simply have to learn:

• -ut: a face → făcut, a vedea → văzut, a avea → avut, a putea → putut, a vrea → vrut, a cere → cerut
• -s: a scrie → scris, a pune → pus, a spune → spus, a merge → mers, a trimite → trimis, a rămâne → rămas, a râde → râs
• -t: a rupe → rupt, a fierbe → fiert, a coace → copt

Example: Ieri am scris o scrisoare. (Yesterday I wrote a letter.)