Questions & Answers about Regula permite o valiză.
Why is it Regula and not regulă?
The basic dictionary form is regulă. In this sentence, it is definite singular, meaning the rule, so Romanian adds the definite article to the end of the noun.
For many feminine nouns ending in -ă, the definite form changes that ending to -a:
- regulă = a rule
- regula = the rule
So Regula here means the rule.
Why is there no separate word for the?
Romanian usually puts the definite article onto the noun itself instead of using a separate word like English the.
So:
- regulă = a rule
- regula = the rule
This is one of the big differences between English and Romanian.
What is o doing in o valiză?
Here, o is the feminine singular form of the indefinite article, so it means a.
- o valiză = a suitcase
It is used because valiză is a feminine singular noun.
Can o valiză mean both a suitcase and one suitcase?