Publicul așteaptă.

to wait

Breakdown of Publicul așteaptă.

• publicul: the audience

Questions & Answers about Publicul așteaptă.

Why does public become publicul?

Because -ul is the Romanian definite article, attached to the end of the noun.

So:

• public = audience / public (indefinite)
• publicul = the audience / the public (definite)

Unlike English, Romanian usually puts the at the end of the noun instead of before it.

Examples:

• un public = an audience
• publicul = the audience

Is publicul singular or plural?

It is singular in form.

Even though the audience refers to many people, Romanian treats publicul as a singular collective noun, just like English often does in The audience is waiting.

That is why the verb is also singular:

• Publicul așteaptă. = The audience is waiting.

What tense is așteaptă?