Publicul aplaudă ca și cum premiera ar fi perfectă.

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Breakdown of Publicul aplaudă ca și cum premiera ar fi perfectă.

• perfect: perfect
• publicul: the audience
• premiera: the premiere; opening night

Questions & Answers about Publicul aplaudă ca și cum premiera ar fi perfectă.

Why is publicul singular when it refers to many people?

Because publicul means the audience, which is treated as a collective singular noun in Romanian, just as it often is in English.

So Romanian says:

Publicul aplaudă = The audience applauds / is applauding

Even though the audience is made up of many people, the grammar is singular.

What does the ending -ul in publicul mean?

-ul is the definite article attached to the end of the noun. Romanian usually puts the at the end instead of before the noun.

So:

• public = audience, public
• publicul = the audience

This is a very common Romanian pattern.

Why is the verb aplaudă singular?

Because it agrees with the singular subject publicul.

Here, aplaudă is 3rd person singular present of a aplauda = to applaud.

So:

• publicul aplaudă = the audience applauds / is applauding

Romanian present tense can often translate both English simple present and present progressive, depending on context.