Escala începe mâine.

The layover starts tomorrow.

Breakdown of Escala începe mâine.

• mâine: tomorrow
• a începe: to start
• escala: the layover; stopover

Questions & Answers about Escala începe mâine.

Why is escala written as one word and not the escala?

Romanian usually puts the definite article at the end of the noun, not as a separate word before it.

So:

• escală = a stopover / a layover
• escala = the stopover / the layover

In this sentence, escala is the definite singular form.

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Why is it escala and not escală?

Because escală is the basic dictionary form, while escala is the definite form.

For many feminine nouns ending in -ă, Romanian forms the ... by changing that ending:

• casă → casa
• masă → masa
• escală → escala

So escala means the stopover, not just a stopover.

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What part of the sentence is începe?

Începe is the verb. It is the 3rd person singular present tense of a începe = to begin / to start.

It matches the subject escala, which is singular:

• escala începe = the stopover starts

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Why is the verb in the present tense if the sentence is about tomorrow?