Questions & Answers about Cartonul este în cutie.
Why does carton become cartonul?
Because Romanian usually puts the definite article at the end of the noun, not before it.
- carton = a carton / cardboard
- cartonul = the carton / the cardboard
The ending -ul is a common definite article ending for masculine/neuter singular nouns.
A useful thing to know: carton is a neuter noun, and neuter nouns in Romanian behave like masculine in the singular and feminine in the plural. That is why you get cartonul in the singular.
Why is it în cutie, not în cutia or într-o cutie?