Word
Veștile sunt bune.
Meaning
The news is good.
Part of speech
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Pronunciation
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Questions & Answers about Veștile sunt bune.
Why is veștile plural when English usually says the news is with a singular verb?
Because Romanian and English treat news differently.
- Romanian has:
- veste = a piece of news / a piece of information
- vești = news, pieces of news
So veștile sunt bune is literally closer to the news items are good or the pieces of news are good.
In natural English, though, we usually say the news is good, because news is grammatically singular in English even though it refers to information in general.
What does the -le in veștile mean?
It is the definite article, meaning the.
Romanian usually puts the at the end of the noun instead of using a separate word before it.
- vești = news
- veștile = the news
So:
- Veștile sunt bune = The news is good
This is very normal in Romanian:
- carte = book
- cartea = the book
- fete = girls
- fetele = the girls
Why is the verb sunt used here?