Candidatul prezintă calificarea.

the candidate

Breakdown of Candidatul prezintă calificarea.

• calificarea: the qualification
• a prezenta: to present

Questions & Answers about Candidatul prezintă calificarea.

Why does candidatul end in -ul?

Because Romanian usually puts the definite article at the end of the noun, not before it.

• candidat = candidate
• candidatul = the candidate

So -ul is the masculine singular definite article here.

This is one of the biggest differences from English: Romanian often says the-candidate rather than using a separate word like the.

Why does calificarea end in -a?

For the same reason: Romanian attaches the definite article to the end of the noun.

• calificare = qualification
• calificarea = the qualification

Here -a is the feminine singular definite article.

So in this sentence, both nouns are definite:

• candidatul = the candidate
• calificarea = the qualification

How do I know candidatul is the subject and calificarea is the object?