Mulțimea așteaptă afară.

The crowd waits outside.

Breakdown of Mulțimea așteaptă afară.

• a aștepta: to wait
• afară: outside
• mulțimea: the crowd

Questions & Answers about Mulțimea așteaptă afară.

Why is it mulțimea and not just mulțime?

Mulțimea means the crowd. The -a at the end is the definite article attached to the noun, which is very common in Romanian.

• mulțime = a crowd / crowd
• mulțimea = the crowd

Unlike English, Romanian usually puts the definite article at the end of the noun rather than before it.

What gender is mulțimea?

Mulțimea is a feminine singular noun.

You can see that in the singular form:

• o mulțime = a crowd
• mulțimea = the crowd

Because it is singular, the verb also appears in the 3rd person singular form: așteaptă.

Why is the verb singular if a crowd contains many people?

Because mulțimea is grammatically a singular collective noun. Romanian treats it as one unit, so the verb is singular:

• Mulțimea așteaptă = The crowd is waiting

This works much like English the crowd is waiting, where the group is viewed as a single whole.

What form of the verb is așteaptă?