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Questions & Answers about Echipa are succes.
What does echipa mean exactly, and why does it end in -a?
Echipa means the team.
The base noun is echipă = team.
Romanian often puts the definite article at the end of the noun instead of using a separate word like English the:
- echipă = a team
- echipa = the team
In careful spelling, the indefinite form is usually written echipă with ă, while the definite form is echipa.
Why is it are and not este?
Because are comes from the verb a avea = to have, while este comes from a fi = to be.
So:
- Echipa are succes. = The team has success.
- Echipa este... would mean The team is...
English often says The team is successful, but Romanian can naturally express a similar idea with a avea succes = to have success / to be successful.
Why is there no word for the before team?