Breakdown of Avocatul verifică documentația.
a verifica
to check
documentația
the documentation
avocatul
the lawyer
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Questions & Answers about Avocatul verifică documentația.
Why does avocat become avocatul here?
Because Romanian usually puts the definite article at the end of the noun, not before it like English does.
- avocat = lawyer / a lawyer
- avocatul = the lawyer
So -ul is the masculine singular definite article attached to the noun.
Why is there no separate word for the in Romanian?
Romanian normally uses an enclitic definite article, which means the article is added to the end of the noun.
Compare:
- avocat = a lawyer / lawyer
- avocatul = the lawyer
- documentație = documentation
- documentația = the documentation
This is one of the big differences from English.
Why is documentația ending in -a?