# pe

**Part of speech:** ADP  
**Frequency rank:** #15 most common Romanian word  
**Language:** Romanian

Very common Romanian preposition with several main jobs: it marks definite direct objects in some cases, introduces the object of a verb in certain constructions, and is also used for location on a surface, path, and time expressions.

## Meanings

- **marks a definite direct object** — Used especially with animate, specific, or identified objects; very common in everyday Romanian.
- **on, onto, at, along** — Used for contact with a surface, movement over/along something, or a point/location in space or time.
- **introduces the agent in passive-like constructions or fixed verbal patterns** — Appears in some common constructions where English uses different grammar.

## Example sentences

- L-am întâlnit pe Andrei ieri. — _I met Andrei yesterday._
- Carte a rămas pe birou. — _The book stayed on the desk._
- Am mers pe jos până în centru. — _We walked to the center._

## Forms

pe, pe-, p-

## Nearby words by frequency

- [ce](https://mostspoken.com/words/ro/ce)
- [și](https://mostspoken.com/words/ro/%C8%99i)
- [că](https://mostspoken.com/words/ro/c%C4%83)
- [la](https://mostspoken.com/words/ro/la)
- [în](https://mostspoken.com/words/ro/%C3%AEn)
- [vrea](https://mostspoken.com/words/ro/vrea)
- [cu](https://mostspoken.com/words/ro/cu)
- [un](https://mostspoken.com/words/ro/un)
- [acesta](https://mostspoken.com/words/ro/acesta)
- [mai](https://mostspoken.com/words/ro/mai)
- [sine](https://mostspoken.com/words/ro/sine)
- [face](https://mostspoken.com/words/ro/face)

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Source: [https://mostspoken.com/words/ro/pe](https://mostspoken.com/words/ro/pe) — MostSpoken Romanian frequency dictionary.