to arrive / to get somewhere
The end of a journey. Pairs with a pleca, which is the start of one.
Am ajuns acasă.
I got home.
Când ajungi?
When are you arriving?
#104 · Verb
ajunge
In Romanian, ajunge means “to arrive / to get somewhere”. It’s the #104 most frequently used Romanian word. Below you’ll find how to use it, its forms, real example sentences, and common word pairings.
Meaning & Use
A ajunge is "to arrive" — and also "to be enough", which is the sense that surprises people. Ajunge! is a complete sentence meaning "That is enough!". Rank 104, and its most frequent form is the participle ajuns, because arriving is usually something already done: Am ajuns, "I am here".
neutralto be enough / to suffice
Impersonal, in the 3rd singular. Ajunge! on its own is the everyday "Stop!" or "That will do".
Ajunge!
That's enough!
Nu ajunge timpul.
There isn't enough time.
to reach (a place or a point)
With la — a physical point, or a conclusion.
Am ajuns la un acord.
We reached an agreement.
Nu ajung la raft.
I can't reach the shelf.
to become / to end up
Of a career or a fate, often with a note of surprise at where somebody ended up.
A ajuns medic.
He became a doctor.
Unde am ajuns?
What have we come to?
Forms you’ll actually hear
Ranked by how often each form shows up in spoken Romanian. The top 4 forms cover about 84% of everyday use — learn these first.
ajuns39%
ajunge26%
ajung11%
ajungem8%
Show 9 more forms
ajungi8%
ajungă6%
ajungeți1%
ajungea<1%
ajungând<1%
ajunsese<1%
ajungeau<1%
ajungeai<1%
ajungeam<1%
Conjugation
- Infinitive
- a ajunge
- Past Participle
- ajuns
- Gerund
- ajungând
- Imperative Singular
- ajunge
- Imperative Plural
- ajungeți
- Auxiliary
- a avea
- Reflexive
- No
- Transitivity
- both
| Tense | eu | tu | el/ea | noi | voi | ei/ele |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Present | ajung | ajungi | ajunge | ajungem | ajungeți | ajung |
| Imperfect | ajungeam | ajungeai | ajungea | ajungeam | ajungeați | ajungeau |
| Perfect compus | am ajuns | ai ajuns | a ajuns | am ajuns | ați ajuns | au ajuns |
| Future | voi ajunge | vei ajunge | va ajunge | vom ajunge | veți ajunge | vor ajunge |
| Conditional | aș ajunge | ai ajunge | ar ajunge | am ajunge | ați ajunge | ar ajunge |
| Subjunctive | să ajung | să ajungi | să ajungă | să ajungem | să ajungeți | să ajungă |
- eu and ei/ele share the present form ajung, as in most verbs of this class.
- a ajunge is arrival, a pleca is departure: Plec la opt și ajung la zece.
- The "enough" sense is impersonal and agrees with the thing that is insufficient: ajunge timpul, ajung banii.
Examples
Am ajuns!
I'm here!
ajuns - The participle in the compound past, and the most frequent form of the verb. Romanian reports arrival as done, where English often says "I am here".
La ce oră ajungi?
What time do you arrive?
ajungi - The present carries the future meaning. la ce oră is the standard way to ask a clock time.
Ajunge, mulțumesc.
That's enough, thank you.
ajunge - The impersonal "enough" sense. Said while somebody is pouring or serving, it is the polite stop signal.
Banii nu ajung.
The money isn't enough.
ajunge - With a plural subject the verb becomes ajung. The thing that is insufficient is the subject.
Trebuie să ajungem la timp.
We have to arrive on time.
să ajungem - For noi the subjunctive matches the present. la timp is the fixed phrase for "on time".
Sper să ajungă cu bine.
I hope he arrives safely.
să ajungă - The 3rd-person subjunctive ajungă. cu bine is a fixed wish attached to journeys.
Ajunge! means "That is enough!", not "He arrives". As a bare exclamation it is a stop signal — at the table, in an argument, or to a child. The arrival sense needs a subject or a destination around it.