Primăria este în centru.

City hall is in the centre.

Breakdown of Primăria este în centru.

• a fi: to be
• în: in
• centrul: the center
• primăria: the city hall; municipality

Questions & Answers about Primăria este în centru.

Why does primărie become primăria here?

Because Romanian usually puts the definite article at the end of the noun instead of using a separate word like English the.

• primărie = city hall / town hall (indefinite)
• primăria = the city hall / the town hall (definite)

So Primăria means the city hall.

For feminine singular nouns like primărie, the definite article is often -a:

• o primărie = a city hall
• primăria = the city hall

Is primărie a feminine noun?

Yes. Primărie is feminine.

That matters because gender affects things like:

• the form of the article
• adjective agreement
• sometimes pronouns

For example:

• o primărie mare = a big city hall
• primăria mare = the big city hall

The ending -ie often appears in feminine nouns, though you still need to learn nouns individually.

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