Pasagerul așteaptă controlul.

to wait for

Breakdown of Pasagerul așteaptă controlul.

• pasagerul: the passenger
• controlul: the inspection; check

Questions & Answers about Pasagerul așteaptă controlul.

What does the -ul ending mean in pasagerul and controlul?

-ul is the definite article for many masculine and neuter singular nouns in Romanian. It corresponds to English the, but in Romanian it is usually attached to the end of the noun instead of standing in front of it.

So:

• pasager = passenger / a passenger
• pasagerul = the passenger

and

• control = check / inspection / control
• controlul = the check / the inspection

This is a very common feature of Romanian:

• băiat → băiatul = the boy
• student → studentul = the student

Why is there no word for the before the nouns?

Because Romanian usually uses a postposed definite article: the article is added to the end of the noun.

So instead of English the passenger, Romanian says pasagerul.

This is one of the first big differences English speakers notice in Romanian.

Why does Romanian say așteaptă controlul and not something like waits for the check with a separate word for for?