Atribuțiile apar în fișa postului.

Questions & Answers about Atribuțiile apar în fișa postului.

What does atribuțiile mean here?

Atribuțiile means the duties, the responsibilities, or the tasks.

It comes from the singular noun atribuție = duty / responsibility / function.

So:

  • o atribuție = a duty
  • atribuții = duties
  • atribuțiile = the duties

The -le at the end is the Romanian definite article for this plural form, so the word already includes the.

Why is the verb apar and not apare?

Because atribuțiile is plural.

The verb a apărea means to appear, and in the present tense:

  • apare = he/she/it appears
  • apar = they appear

So:

  • Atribuția apare = The duty appears
  • Atribuțiile apar = The duties appear
Does apar literally mean appear here?

Literally, yes, but in this kind of sentence it often means something closer to:

  • are listed
  • are found
  • appear in
  • are included in

So Atribuțiile apar în fișa postului is a natural Romanian way to say that the duties are listed in the job description.

What is fișa postului?

Fișa postului means the job description.

More literally, it is something like the sheet/document of the position:

  • fișă = sheet, record, form, document
  • post = job, position, post

So fișa postului is the standard Romanian expression for the official document describing a job’s duties and responsibilities.

Why is it fișa postului and not fișa post?

Because Romanian often expresses of the ... using the genitive case.

Here:

  • fișa = the sheet / the document
  • postului = of the job / of the position

So fișa postului literally means the sheet of the job.

This is how Romanian commonly builds noun phrases like:

  • ușa casei = the door of the house
  • numele profesorului = the teacher’s name / the name of the teacher
  • fișa postului = the job description
Why does postului end in -ului?

That ending shows that post is in the genitive/dative singular definite form.

Basic forms:

  • post = job / position
  • postul = the job
  • postului = of the job / to the job

In this sentence, it is genitive: of the job.

So fișa postului = the job’s sheet/document = the job description.

Why is în used here?

În means in or inside.

So apar în fișa postului means appear in the job description or are listed in the job description.

It works the same way as English in in this context.

Is the word order fixed, or could it be different?

The given word order is the most neutral and natural:

  • Atribuțiile apar în fișa postului.

Romanian word order is fairly flexible, but changing it usually changes emphasis.

For example:

  • În fișa postului apar atribuțiile.
    = In the job description appear the duties.
    This sounds more emphatic or contrastive, focusing on where they appear.

For a learner, the original version is the safest and most standard.

Could Romanian also say fișa de post instead of fișa postului?

Yes. Fișa de post is also very common, and in many contexts it means the same thing.

So both of these are natural:

  • Atribuțiile apar în fișa postului.
  • Atribuțiile apar în fișa de post.

In everyday and professional Romanian, you will hear both versions.

How would I say the singular version, The duty appears in the job description?

You would say:

Atribuția apare în fișa postului.

Changes:

  • atribuțiile → atribuția
  • apar → apare

So singular subject = singular verb.

How is atribuțiile pronounced, especially the ending?

A rough pronunciation is:

a-tri-bu-ți-i-le

A few useful points:

  • ț sounds like ts in cats
  • ii in the middle is a real vowel sequence, not silent
  • ă is a short central vowel, somewhat like the a in about, but not exactly the same

So atribuțiile may feel long at first, but it is just the plural definite form of atribuție.

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