Majoritatea așteaptă afară.

Most people wait outside.

Breakdown of Majoritatea așteaptă afară.

• a aștepta: to wait
• afară: outside
• majoritatea: the majority

Questions & Answers about Majoritatea așteaptă afară.

Why is majoritatea translated as the majority or most people?

Majoritatea is a noun meaning the majority. In everyday Romanian, it often refers to most people when the group is understood from context.

So:

• Majoritatea așteaptă afară. = The majority are waiting outside.
• In more natural English, this often becomes Most people are waiting outside.

Romanian uses majoritatea as a singular noun, even when it refers to many people.

Why does majoritatea end in -a?

The -a at the end is the definite article attached to the noun.

Romanian usually puts the at the end of the word instead of using a separate word like English does.

So:

• majoritate = majority
• majoritatea = the majority

This is very common in Romanian:

• carte = book
• cartea = the book

Why is the verb așteaptă singular if the meaning is plural in English?

Because majoritatea is grammatically singular in Romanian.

Even though it refers to many people, the noun itself is singular, so the verb is also singular:

• Majoritatea așteaptă = literally The majority waits

But in English, we often say The majority are waiting or simply Most people are waiting.

This kind of mismatch is normal when translating collective nouns between languages.