No. 491 in Romanian
ma
"Ma" in Romanian means "me" or "myself" as a reflexive pronoun.
In a sentence
Mă duc la magazin.
I am going to the store.
Here, "mă" is a reflexive pronoun used to indicate the subject performing an action upon itself.
Mâine mă întâlnesc cu un prieten.
Tomorrow I am meeting with a friend.
In this context, "mă" is part of a reflexive construction indicating the subject forming a meeting interaction.
Ploaia mă deranjează.
The rain bothers me.
Here, "mă" is a pronoun functioning as the object in the sentence, indicating the person affected by the verb's action.
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