Cutia are o formă simplă.

to have

Breakdown of Cutia are o formă simplă.

• o: a (feminine)
• simplu: simple
• cutia: the box

Questions & Answers about Cutia are o formă simplă.

Why does cutia mean the box and not just box?

In Romanian, the definite article is usually attached to the end of the noun instead of being a separate word like the in English.

• cutie = a box / box
• cutia = the box

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

What is the base form of cutia?

The base form is cutie, which means box.

Romanian dictionaries usually list nouns in their indefinite form, so you would look up cutie, not cutia.

Why is are used here? It looks like English are, but the meaning is different.

This is a very common point of confusion.

In Romanian, are is a form of the verb a avea, meaning to have.

• a avea = to have
• are = he/she/it has

So in Cutia are o formă simplă, are means has, not are.

Why isn’t the verb este used here?