Learn Hardcore Romanian: Olarul frământă lutul atâta timp cât lutul rămâne pe masă. - The potter kneads the clay as long as the clay remains on the table.

Word

Olarul frământă lutul atâta timp cât lutul rămâne pe masă.

Meaning

The potter kneads the clay as long as the clay remains on the table.

Part of speech

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Breakdown of Olarul frământă lutul atâta timp cât lutul rămâne pe masă.

Why do olarul and lutul end in -ul?

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

So -ul here marks definiteness, roughly like English the.

Why is lutul repeated twice?

Romanian often repeats the noun instead of replacing it with a pronoun, especially when that makes the sentence clearer.

So:

is perfectly natural and very clear.

A pronoun could be possible in a different context, but repeating lutul avoids ambiguity and sounds straightforward.

What form is frământă?