Vând

Vând is a Romanian verb meaning to sell. It is the first-person singular form of the verb a vinde in the present indicative, used to express that the speaker is currently selling something. The verb a vinde comes from Latin vendere and has cognates in other Romance languages, such as vendre in French, vender in Spanish, and vendere in Italian.

In the present tense, the main forms are: eu vând, tu vinzi, el vinde, noi vindem, voi vindeți, ei vând. The first-person singular form vând and the second-person singular vinzi are among the most distinctive forms of this verb in everyday speech. The past tense is formed with the auxiliary verb a (to have) and the participle vândut, giving eu am vândut, tu ai vândut, el a vândut, noi am vândut, voi ați vândut, ei au vândut.

Other tenses include the imperfect, e.g., eu vindeam, tu vindeai, el vindea, noi vindeam, voi vindeați, ei vindeau; and the future, such as eu voi vinde, tu vei vinde, el va vinde, noi vom vinde, voi veți vinde, ei vor vinde. Romanian generally employs compound tenses with the auxiliary a and the past participle for past actions.

Usage notes: vând is commonly used for ordinary commercial transactions, while vinde itself is used across tenses to describe selling activities. The term vândut, the past participle, is also used adjectivally to denote something that has been sold (de vândut). The verb is an essential component of Romanian commerce vocabulary and appears in both formal and informal contexts.