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Learn Hardcore Romanian: Clienta îl reziliază azi. - The customer terminates it today.

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Clienta îl reziliază azi.

Word

Clienta îl reziliază azi.

Meaning

The customer terminates it today.

Part of speech

sentence

Pronunciation

Course

Hardcore Romanian

Lesson

Changing a mobile-phone plan

Breakdown of Clienta îl reziliază azi.

to terminate; cancel (a contract)

Questions & Answers about Clienta îl reziliază azi.

Why is it clienta and not clientă?

Because -a here is the definite article attached to the noun.

clientă = a female client
clienta = the female client

Romanian usually puts the definite article at the end of the noun, unlike English, which uses a separate word like the.

Does clienta specifically mean a woman?

Yes. clienta is feminine singular, so it means the female client / the woman customer.

The masculine form would be:

clientul = the male client / the male customer

So the sentence tells you the subject is female.

What is îl doing in the sentence?

îl is a direct object clitic pronoun. In this sentence, it means him or, more likely here, it, depending on what noun it refers to in the larger context.

So îl reziliază means something like:

terminates it
cancels it
rescinds it

Romanian often uses these short object pronouns where English may simply say the object noun or leave it understood from context.

Why is îl masculine?

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Because it refers to a masculine singular noun.

For example, if the thing being terminated is:

contractul = the contract
abonamentul = the subscription

then Romanian uses îl.

If the object were feminine singular, Romanian would use o instead.

So the pronoun agrees with the grammatical gender of the noun it replaces, not with natural gender.

Why does îl come before reziliază?

Because in Romanian, these short object pronouns normally go before the conjugated verb.

So:

îl reziliază = she terminates it

This is normal Romanian word order for clitic pronouns in a sentence like this.

What form is reziliază?

reziliază is the 3rd person singular present tense of the verb a rezilia.

That means it can mean:

he terminates
she terminates
it terminates

In this sentence, because the subject is clienta, it means she terminates.

Is a rezilia a common everyday verb?

It is a real and useful verb, but it sounds fairly formal and is often used in legal, business, or contract-related contexts.

It is commonly used for things like:

contracts
subscriptions
agreements
leases

So it is closer to to terminate, to rescind, or to cancel formally than to casual English cancel.

For a more general everyday idea of cancel, Romanian often uses a anula.

What does azi mean, and can I also say astăzi?

azi means today.

Yes, you can also say astăzi. Both are correct and common.

Very roughly:

azi = shorter, everyday
astăzi = slightly fuller/formal sounding in some contexts

In most situations, they are interchangeable.

Why isn’t there a subject pronoun like ea?

Because Romanian often drops subject pronouns when the subject is already clear.

Here, the subject is explicitly given as clienta, so adding ea would usually be unnecessary.

Romanian does this much more than English does.

Can the word order change?

Yes, Romanian word order is fairly flexible.

The sentence Clienta îl reziliază azi is a normal, neutral order.

But you could also say:

Azi clienta îl reziliază — emphasizes today
Clienta azi îl reziliază — also possible, depending on emphasis

The exact meaning stays similar, but the focus or emphasis changes.

Could îl refer to a person here?

Grammatically, yes: îl can mean him.
But with a rezilia, the object is usually not a person. It is usually something formal like a contract or subscription.

So in real usage, îl here most likely means it, referring to some masculine noun already known from context.

Is this sentence complete on its own?

Yes, grammatically it is complete. But semantically, îl points to something already known, so in real conversation it usually depends on context.

For example, earlier context might mention:

contractul
abonamentul
acordul

Then îl means that thing.

So the sentence is complete, but it assumes the listener already knows what is being terminated.

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