Conjugare

Conjugare is the Romanian noun meaning conjugation, the grammatical process by which verbs are inflected to express person, number, tense, mood, voice, and aspect, or the set of verb forms themselves. The term derives from the Latin coniugare, from con- “together” and iugare “to yoke,” reflecting the idea of linking verb forms into a paradigm. In grammar, conjugation patterns are organized into classes, with regular endings and irregular verbs that deviate from those patterns.

In Romanian, verbs are grouped into several conjugation patterns, each with characteristic endings across tenses and moods. The present tense example for the verb a fi (to be) shows the influence of person and number: eu sunt, tu ești, el este, noi suntem, voi sunteți, ei sunt. This illustrates how verb forms vary with the subject.

Beyond grammar, the term conjugare can also appear in other domains. In biology, bacterial conjugation refers to the horizontal transfer of genetic material between cells. In broader linguistic and mathematical contexts, the concept of conjugation appears in related terms such as conjugate, with language-specific forms like conjugat or conjugator used in Romanian texts.

See also: conjugation, conjugator, conjugate. The English cognate “conjugation” aligns with related terms in many languages and is used to describe analogous processes across disciplines.