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Questions & Answers about Nunta începe azi.
Why is nunta one word? Where is the word for the?
In Romanian, the definite article is usually attached to the end of the noun.
- nuntă = wedding
- nunta = the wedding
So nunta already includes the meaning of the wedding.
This is very common in Romanian:
- fată = girl
- fata = the girl
For feminine nouns ending in -ă, the definite form often changes that final -ă to -a.
What form is începe?
Începe is the 3rd person singular present tense of the verb a începe, meaning to begin / to start.
So here:
- nunta = the wedding
- începe = begins / starts
Because nunta is singular, the verb is singular too.
A few forms of a începe:
- eu încep = I begin
- tu începi = you begin
- el/ea începe = he/she begins
- noi începem = we begin
Why isn’t there a pronoun like ea for it/she?