Căruciorul este în liftul de marfă.

to be

Breakdown of Căruciorul este în liftul de marfă.

• în: in
• liftul de marfă: the freight elevator
• căruciorul: the trolley; dolly

Questions & Answers about Căruciorul este în liftul de marfă.

Why do căruciorul and liftul end in -ul?

Because Romanian usually puts the definite article at the end of the noun, not before it.

• cărucior = a stroller / a cart
• căruciorul = the stroller / the cart
• lift = elevator
• liftul = the elevator

So -ul here is the masculine/neuter singular definite article, roughly equivalent to English the.

Why is there no separate word for the, like in English?

Romanian normally uses an attached definite article instead of a separate word.

Compare:

• English: the elevator
• Romanian: liftul

This is one of the first big differences English speakers notice in Romanian. The article is not written separately; it becomes part of the noun.

Why is it în and not another preposition like la or pe?