Ana consultă catalogul.

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Breakdown of Ana consultă catalogul.

• catalogul: the catalogue
• a consulta: to consult; refer to

Questions & Answers about Ana consultă catalogul.

Why is there no separate word for the before catalogul?

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

• catalog = catalog
• catalogul = the catalog

So -ul is the masculine singular definite article here.

Why is consultă translated as consults and not something like to consult?

Because consultă is a conjugated verb form, not the dictionary form.

• Dictionary form: a consulta = to consult
• consultă = he/she consults

In this sentence, it matches Ana, which is third person singular, so consultă means she consults.

What does the ending -ă in consultă show?