Pana de curent începe dimineața.

in the morning

Breakdown of Pana de curent începe dimineața.

• a începe: to start
• pana de curent: the power cut; power outage

Questions & Answers about Pana de curent începe dimineața.

Why is Pana written without Romanian diacritics? Should it be Pană?

Very often, Romanian is written informally without diacritics online or in quick typing.

With full standard spelling:

• pană = a power outage / a feather / a puncture, depending on context
• pana = the power outage / the feather / the puncture in the definite form

So if your source writes Pana de curent, it may simply be leaving out diacritics. Context and the translation tell you what is meant.

How do I know whether pana here means a power outage or the power outage?

This is a very common issue when diacritics are omitted.

• pană de curent = a power outage
• pana de curent = the power outage

Without diacritics, both can appear as pana de curent.

So you use context. If the English meaning shown to you is The power outage begins in the morning, then Romanian probably intends the definite form pana de curent.

What does pană de curent literally mean?

Literally, it is something like outage of current.

In normal English, though, it means power outage or power cut.

This is a fixed Romanian expression:

• pană de curent = power outage
• curent in everyday Romanian often means electricity or electric current

So you should learn pană de curent as a whole phrase.