Avocatul explică situația.

to explain

Breakdown of Avocatul explică situația.

• situația: the situation
• avocatul: the lawyer

Questions & Answers about Avocatul explică situația.

Why does avocat become avocatul?

Because Romanian usually puts the definite article at the end of the noun instead of using a separate word like English the.

• avocat = lawyer / a lawyer
• avocatul = the lawyer

Here, -ul is the masculine singular definite article.

Why isn’t there a separate word for the in Romanian?

In Romanian, the definite article is normally attached to the noun.

So:

• avocatul = the lawyer
• situația = the situation

This is one of the big differences from English. English says the lawyer, but Romanian says something more like lawyer-the.

What form is explică?

Explică is the 3rd person singular present form of the verb a explica = to explain.

So it matches subjects like:

• el explică = he explains
• ea explică = she explains
• avocatul explică = the lawyer explains

The subject here is singular, so the verb is singular too.