Breakdown of Actorul este emoționat înainte de premieră.
a fi
to be
înainte de
before
actorul
the actor
premiera
the premiere; opening night
Questions & Answers about Actorul este emoționat înainte de premieră.
Why is it actorul and not just actor?
Because -ul is the Romanian definite article attached to the end of the noun.
- actor = actor
- actorul = the actor
This is very common in Romanian. Instead of putting a separate word like the before the noun, Romanian usually adds the definite article as an ending.
For masculine singular nouns ending in a consonant, -ul is a very common definite ending.
Why isn’t there a separate word for the?
Romanian usually puts the definite article at the end of the noun, not before it.
So:
- actorul = the actor
- premiera = the premiere
- fata = the girl
- băiatul = the boy
This is one of the biggest differences from English. English uses a separate article; Romanian often uses a suffix.
What does este mean here?