No. 230 in Romanian
daca
"If."
In a sentence
Dacă mergi la magazin, adu-mi o sticlă de lapte.
If you go to the store, bring me a bottle of milk.
In this sentence, "dacă" is a conjunction introducing a conditional clause, expressing "if".
Mă întreb dacă el va veni la petrecere.
I wonder if he will come to the party.
Here, "dacă" is used to introduce an indirect question, meaning "if" or "whether".
Dacă pleci acum, vei ajunge la timp.
If you leave now, you will arrive on time.
In this context, the word "dacă" again serves as a conjunction introducing a condition, "if".
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