Leader, command! Leader, lead!

**W. R.** · 11-01-2009, 06:38 PM

Originally Posted by Loxias

I think the most correct sounding alternative would be :
Leader, command us! We follow you

I'm not a native English speaker, but it seems to me that in English both "Leader, command!" and "Leader, command us!" can be used, since the verb "command" can be both intransitive and transitive.

**Loxias** · 11-01-2009, 11:55 PM

I think it's more of the fact that the formulation sounds too dry to be correct in French.

**W. R.** · 06-21-2010, 09:44 PM

Up we go!

**Daos** · 06-23-2010, 05:04 PM

For some reason we have a lot of synonyms for the word „leader”: lider and conducător are in use today, but we have also used the words domn/domnitor (used between 1859-1881), vodă (used during the Middle Ages in Moldova and Țara Românească and, until 1571, in Transilvania), crai, vlădică, gospodar/gospodin, etc.

Leader, command (us)! - Lidere, comandă(-ne)!/Lidere, poruncește(-ne)!

Leader, lead (us)! - Lidere, condu(-ne)!

**Wulfhere** · 06-23-2010, 05:26 PM

In English, in case anyone was unsure, the phrases "Leader, command!" and "Leader, command us!" do not mean the same. This is highlighted by the fact that equally valid formulations would be, "Leader, command them!" or "Leader, command him!" (etc.). The simple "Leader, command!" is more ambiguous, or abstract - and sounds rather stilted, too. No one would say it in normal speech.

**Monolith** · 06-23-2010, 06:06 PM

Originally Posted by Whiteruthenian

Belarusian: Pravadyr, haspadar (especially for a head of a state)

This word (haspadar / 'gospodar'), translates into Croatian as 'lord'.

Originally Posted by Daos

For some reason we have a lot of synonyms for the word „leader”: lider and conducător are in use today, but we have also used the words domn/domnitor (used between 1859-1881), vodă (used during the Middle Ages in Moldova and Țara Românească and, until 1571, in Transilvania), crai, vlădică, gospodar/gospodin, etc.

Interesting. It seems there are many traces of earlier Slavic influences in your language, despite the 19th century purges.

Does the word 'dormitor' mean anything in Romanian?