Vehiculul utilizat are o carte de service.

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Breakdown of Vehiculul utilizat are o carte de service.

• o: a (feminine)
• vehiculul utilizat: the used vehicle
• cartea de service: the service history book

Questions & Answers about Vehiculul utilizat are o carte de service.

Why is it vehiculul instead of a separate word for the vehicle?

Because Romanian usually puts the definite article at the end of the noun.

• vehicul = vehicle
• vehiculul = the vehicle

So -ul here is the equivalent of English the.

This is very common in Romanian:

• băiat → băiatul = the boy
• carte → cartea = the book

Why is utilizat placed after the noun?

In Romanian, adjectives usually come after the noun.

So:

• vehicul utilizat = used vehicle
• vehiculul utilizat = the used vehicle

This is the normal, neutral word order. English often puts adjectives before the noun, but Romanian usually does not.

Also, utilizat is originally a past participle of a utiliza (to use), but here it functions like an adjective.

What exactly does utilizat mean here?