Questions & Answers about Cheia este undeva în casă.
Why is cheia used instead of cheie?
Cheie is the basic dictionary form and means key.
Cheia means the key.
Romanian usually puts the definite article at the end of the noun instead of using a separate word like English the:
- cheie = a key / key
- cheia = the key
So Cheia este... means The key is...
What gender is cheie, and does that matter here?
Cheie is a feminine noun in Romanian. That matters because the form of the definite article depends on gender and number.
Here, feminine singular cheie becomes cheia for the key.
In this sentence, you mostly notice the gender through that definite form.
What does este mean?
Este means is. It is the 3rd person singular form of the verb a fi, which means to be.
So:
- Cheia = the key
- este = is
- undeva = somewhere
- în casă = in the house / inside the house
Can I say e instead of este?