Grădinăritul este interesant, dar dăunătorul este o problemă.

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Breakdown of Grădinăritul este interesant, dar dăunătorul este o problemă.

• o: a (feminine)
• dar: but
• problema: the problem

Questions & Answers about Grădinăritul este interesant, dar dăunătorul este o problemă.

Why is it grădinăritul and not just grădinărit?

Because Romanian often uses the definite form of a noun when talking about an activity or concept in a general way, especially as the subject of a sentence.

So:

• grădinărit = gardening, the activity as a bare noun
• grădinăritul = gardening / the gardening

In a sentence like Grădinăritul este interesant, the definite form sounds natural and standard. It is similar to saying Gardening is interesting in English, even though English does not use the there.

Why is the word the attached to the end of the noun?

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

Examples from this sentence:

• grădinăritul = grădinărit
  • -ul
• dăunătorul = dăunător
  • -ul

This ending means the.

So instead of a separate word like English the pest, Romanian says dăunătorul.

What does -ul mean in grădinăritul and dăunătorul?