Breakdown of Indicatorul rutier este lângă marcajul rutier.
a fi
to be
lângă
next to
marcajul rutier
the road marking
indicatorul rutier
the road sign
Questions & Answers about Indicatorul rutier este lângă marcajul rutier.
Why is it indicatorul and marcajul, not just indicator and marcaj?
Romanian usually puts the definite article at the end of the noun instead of using a separate word like the.
So:
- indicator = a sign
- indicatorul = the sign
- marcaj = a marking
- marcajul = the marking
The ending -ul is a common masculine/neuter singular definite article ending.
Why is rutier written after the noun?
In Romanian, adjectives usually come after the noun, unlike in English.
So:
- indicator rutier = road sign
- marcaj rutier = road marking
This is the normal Romanian word order: noun + adjective.
Why does rutier stay the same in both parts of the sentence?
Because both noun phrases are singular and use a masculine/neuter noun in a form where rutier does not need to change.
Here:
- indicatorul rutier
- marcajul rutier
The adjective agrees with the noun, but in this sentence the matching form happens to be rutier in both cases.
If the noun changed, the adjective might change too. For example, with a feminine noun you could get rutieră instead.