Caria este atât de mare, încât stomatologul extrage măseaua.

The cavity is so large that the dentist extracts the molar.

Breakdown of Caria este atât de mare, încât stomatologul extrage măseaua.

• a fi: to be
• mare: big
• stomatologul: the dentist
• măseaua: the molar

Questions & Answers about Caria este atât de mare, încât stomatologul extrage măseaua.

Why is it caria and not carie?

Carie is the basic indefinite form of the noun, meaning a cavity or tooth decay.

Caria is the definite singular form, meaning the cavity / the decay.

Romanian usually adds the definite article to the end of the noun instead of using a separate word like the:

• carie = a cavity
• caria = the cavity

Why does Romanian use atât here?

Because this is the fixed pattern atât de + adjective, which means so + adjective.

So:

• atât de mare = so big

This is a very common structure in Romanian when you want to express a result:

• atât de... încât... = so... that...

Why is it atât de mare and not atâta de mare?