Word
Marginea vazei are o fisură.
Meaning
The rim of the vase has a crack.
Part of speech
sentence
Pronunciation
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Breakdown of Marginea vazei are o fisură.
a avea
to have
o
a (feminine)
vaza
the vase
marginea
the rim; edge
Questions & Answers about Marginea vazei are o fisură.
Why is it marginea and not just margine?
Marginea is the noun margine plus the Romanian definite article attached to the end.
- margine = edge, rim
- marginea = the edge, the rim
Romanian usually puts the definite article at the end of the noun, not as a separate word before it. So:
- margine = an edge / edge
- marginea = the edge
That is why marginea vazei means the rim/edge of the vase.
Why does vază become vazei?
Because here Romanian needs the genitive form, which often corresponds to English of the ....
- vază = vase
- vaza = the vase
- vazei = of the vase / to the vase
In marginea vazei, vazei shows possession or relation:
- marginea vazei = the rim of the vase
So vazei is not a random spelling change. It is the correct feminine singular genitive-dative form of vază when it is definite.
Why is there no separate word for of?