încercai

Încercai is a Romanian verb form derived from the verb a încerca, meaning to try or to attempt. It is used to refer to an attempt that occurred in the past.

In modern Romanian, the most common past forms of this verb are am încercat (present perfect) and încercam (imperfect). Încercai is less common in everyday speech and is mainly found in literary, historical, or formal writing where older or alternative past-tense forms are preserved. The exact meaning of încercai depends on context and the sentence’s subject pronoun.

As a past-tense form, încercai can appear with different subjects depending on the narrative context, and its interpretation is determined by surrounding elements in the sentence. The form illustrates Romanian’s rich verbal system, which employs multiple past-tense options to convey nuance, sequence, or emphasis in past events. Overall, încercai functions as a past-tense variant of a încerca, signaling that an attempt took place previously, with its specific person and tense shaped by the grammatical context.