Poliția îl poate aresta mâine.

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Breakdown of Poliția îl poate aresta mâine.

• a putea: to be able to
• îl: him
• poliția: the police

Questions & Answers about Poliția îl poate aresta mâine.

Why is it poliția and not poliție?

Because Romanian usually puts the definite article at the end of the noun.

• poliție = police
• poliția = the police

So the final -a is the definite article here.

Is poliția singular or plural? English the police feels plural.

In this sentence, poliția is grammatically singular. Romanian often treats the police as a single institution, so the verb is singular too:

• Poliția poate... = The police can...

If you want to talk about the police officers as individual people, Romanian often uses polițiștii = the police officers, which is plural.

Is poliția feminine? Does that matter here?

Yes, poliție is a feminine noun in Romanian.

That matters for things like:

• articles
• adjectives
• pronouns that refer back to it

In this sentence, the verb poate does not show gender, so you do not see feminine agreement directly there. But the noun itself is feminine.

What exactly does îl mean?