come on / let's go
The urging sense, with or without a following verb.
Haide!
Come on!
Haide să vedem.
Let's see.
#119 · Verb
haide
In Romanian, haide means “come on / let's go”. It’s the #119 most frequently used Romanian word. Below you’ll find how to use it, its forms, real example sentences, and common word pairings.
Meaning & Use
Haide is the fuller form of hai — "come on", "let us". Rank 119. It is a defective verb: it exists only in the imperative, so there is no "I haide" or "he haided". Three forms cover the whole word: haide to one person, haideți to several or to anyone you address politely, and haidem for "let us".
colloquialcome on (plural or polite) — haideți
The form to use with a group, or with anybody you address as dumneavoastră.
Haideți cu noi!
Come with us!
Haideți să începem.
Let's begin.
let's (haidem)
The 1st-plural form, less common than hai să mergem but fully standard.
Haidem acasă.
Let's go home.
oh come on (disbelief)
Haide, lasă! brushes aside something you do not accept.
Haide, nu se poate!
Come on, that's impossible!
Forms you’ll actually hear
Ranked by how often each form shows up in spoken Romanian. The top form cover about 99% of everyday use — learn these first.
haide99%
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haideți<1%
Conjugation
- Infinitive
- —
- Imperative Singular
- haide
- Imperative Plural
- haideți
- Auxiliary
- none
- Reflexive
- No
- Transitivity
- intransitive
| Tense | eu | tu | el/ea | noi | voi | ei/ele |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Present | — | haide | — | haidem | haideți | — |
| Imperfect | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Perfect compus | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Future | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Conditional | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Subjunctive | — | — | — | — | — | — |
- The dashes are not gaps in this entry — the verb genuinely has no infinitive, no indicative, no past and no subjunctive. Only the three imperative forms exist, which is why there is no "a haide" to look up.
- haide is the full form and hai the short one. They are interchangeable, and hai is far more common in speech.
- The following verb goes in the subjunctive: haide să mergem, haideți să vedem.
- Both come from Turkish, which is why they behave like no other Romanian verb.
Examples
Haide, că e târziu!
Come on, it's late!
haide - Urging one person. The că carries the tone rather than any meaning of its own.
Haideți să mergem.
Let's go.
haideți - The plural or polite form plus să and the 1st-plural subjunctive. This is the safe choice with strangers.
Haide aici!
Come here!
haide - With a place word and no verb. It is warmer than the plain imperative Vino aici.
Haideți, vă rog, luați loc.
Please, do come in and take a seat.
haideți - Softened by vă rog, the plural form works in a formal setting where hai would not.
Haide, spune-mi!
Come on, tell me!
haide - Two imperatives in a row: haide urges, spune carries the actual request with its dative clitic.
Haide has no tenses. You cannot say *am haidit or *haide el — the word exists only as a command, and everything else must be built with a merge or a veni. The table below repeats its three real forms for that reason.
In expressions
Common phrases built around haide — worth learning as whole units.
Haide!— Come on! / Let's go!
lit. “come-on”