Departamentul de resurse umane explică perioada de probă.

The human resources department explains the probation period.

Breakdown of Departamentul de resurse umane explică perioada de probă.

• a explica: to explain
• perioada de probă: the probation period
• departamentul de resurse umane: the human resources department

Questions & Answers about Departamentul de resurse umane explică perioada de probă.

Why is it departamentul instead of a separate word for the department?

In Romanian, the definite article is usually attached to the end of the noun.

• departament = department
• departamentul = the department

So -ul is the masculine/neuter singular definite article here. Romanian often says the department as one word, not two.

Why do we say de resurse umane after departamentul?

de here means of and links the department to its function or field.

So:

• departamentul de resurse umane = the department of human resources

This is a very common Romanian structure:

• departament de marketing = marketing department
• curs de română = Romanian course
• sală de sport = gym / sports hall

English often uses a noun directly before another noun, but Romanian very often uses de instead.

Why is it umane and not uman or umană?

Because umane agrees with resurse.

• resurse is feminine plural
• the adjective must also be feminine plural
• so: umane

Compare:

• resursă umană = human resource
• resurse umane = human resources

Romanian adjectives usually change form to match the noun in gender and number.