Romanian word used for "Come!", "Come on!" or "Come along!", at the second
person, singular. It has also a shorter form, "Hai!". The form for the first person, plural, is "Haidem!" (
short form, "Hai!") and for the second person, plural, is "Haideţi!" (
short form, "Hai!"). It is used, also, in bulgarian (хайде), serbian, albanian, turkish (from which is seems to originate), and western armenian, with same meaning. In the new greek language, it'
s form is "ἄïντε" (read "aide"), but the most used is "Ελα". In arabic language, the same meaning it has the word "Yalla", (يللا), with variants "Yallah" (ياللا) or "Yala" (يلا), from which it was borrowed to hebrew, turkish and
persian languages.
Haide, haide, Ioane, grăbeşte-
te! (Come in, come in,
John, hurry up!)
Haide acasă, George! (George, Come
home!)