Ana primește felicitări.

Ana

Breakdown of Ana primește felicitări.

• a primi: to receive
• felicitări: congratulations

Questions & Answers about Ana primește felicitări.

What is primește exactly? What dictionary form does it come from?

Primește is the 3rd person singular, present tense form of a primi, which means to receive or to get.

So the verb pattern here is:

• eu primesc = I receive
• tu primești = you receive
• el/ea primește = he/she receives

Because the subject is Ana, Romanian uses primește.

Why is felicitări plural? In English, congratulations is plural too, but is it the same idea in Romanian?

Yes, it works very similarly. Felicitări is the normal Romanian word for congratulations, and it is used in the plural.

So Romanian says:

• Felicitări! = Congratulations!

In this sentence, Ana primește felicitări literally means Ana receives congratulations.

Romanian does not usually use a singular form here to express this idea in normal speech.

Why is there no article before felicitări?