In the case of verbs governing two objects, the ablative case with de may be used, instead of the accusative, to indicate one of those objects:
Statul l’a ales president, or Statul l’a ales de president,
‘The State elected him as President.’
ADJECTIVES.
We have already seen in studying the etymology that these can either precede or follow the nouns to which they refer, while always agreeing with them in gender and number.
PRONOUNS.
The order of the words in a sentence is generally as follows—subject, verb, object:
Am vĕḍut pe Neculaĭ, ‘I saw Nicholas.’
But when the object is a personal pronoun it precedes the verb:
| L’am vĕḍut, | ‘I have seen him.’ |
| O întreb, | ‘I ask her.’ |
| Mi-a spus, | ‘He (or she) spoke to me.’ |
If it is wished to emphasize the assertion, the pronoun in its unabbreviated form must be repeated after the verb:
| L’am vĕḍut pe el, | ‘I have seen him.’ |
| Am vĕḍut’o pe ea, | ‘I have seen her.’ |
Note.—In such a case as am veḍut ’o, the pronoun follows the verb, for the sake of euphony.
