Timpuri

Timpuri is the plural of timp, a Romanian noun that designates time in a broad sense. It can refer to durations, historical eras, or moments within a day. In everyday language, timpuri are used when talking about different periods or epochs, and in some contexts they can denote time measurements or timeframes within a project or event.

In linguistics and grammar, timpuri designates the grammatical tenses of verbs—the forms that encode when an action takes place. The term timpuri gramaticale encompasses present, past, and future forms, as well as related aspects that shape temporal reference such as perfective or imperfective nuances. The concept plays a central role in Romanian language instruction and grammar reference works.

Origin and usage: timp comes from Latin tempus, and the plural timpuri appears in grammars and dictionaries to discuss how verbs indicate time. While common speech usually uses timp in the singular for time in general, timpuri appears more frequently in technical or scholarly discussions of language, literature, and education.