Liftul de marfă este deschis.

to be

Breakdown of Liftul de marfă este deschis.

• deschis: open
• liftul de marfă: the freight elevator

Questions & Answers about Liftul de marfă este deschis.

Why is it liftul and not just lift?

Because -ul is the definite article attached to the end of the noun in Romanian.

• lift = a lift / an elevator
• liftul = the lift / the elevator

So Liftul de marfă means the freight elevator, not just a freight elevator.

This is one of the biggest differences from English: Romanian usually puts the at the end of the noun instead of before it.

What does de marfă mean exactly?

De marfă means for goods, for cargo, or freight.

So:

• lift de marfă = freight elevator
• literally: lift of goods or elevator for cargo

In Romanian, de + noun is very common for this kind of descriptive phrase:

• tren de noapte = night train
• sală de sport = gym / sports hall
• mașină de curse = race car

So de marfă functions like an adjective phrase in English.

Why doesn’t marfă have an article too?