Perechea de dublu câștigă meciul de tenis de masă.

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Breakdown of Perechea de dublu câștigă meciul de tenis de masă.

• a câștiga: to win
• tenisul de masă: table tennis
• meciul: the match

Questions & Answers about Perechea de dublu câștigă meciul de tenis de masă.

Why is it perechea and not just pereche?

Perechea means the pair. The ending -a is the definite article attached to the noun.

• pereche = a pair
• perechea = the pair

Romanian usually puts the definite article at the end of the noun, unlike English, which uses a separate word (the).

So Perechea de dublu literally means the doubles pair.

Why is the verb câștigă singular if a pair has two people?

Because the grammatical subject is perechea, and perechea is singular.

Romanian agrees the verb with the grammatical form of the noun, not with the number of people inside the group.

So:

• perechea câștigă = the pair wins
• not perechea câștigău or anything plural

This works like English the team wins, where team is also grammatically singular.

What exactly does de dublu mean here?

De dublu means something like for doubles or in doubles.

In sports Romanian often uses de + noun to describe type or category:

• meci de fotbal = football match
• echipă de juniori = junior team
• pereche de dublu / perechea de dublu = doubles pair

So perechea de dublu is the pair competing in the doubles event.