Avionul pleacă azi.

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Breakdown of Avionul pleacă azi.

• a pleca: to leave
• avionul: the airplane

Questions & Answers about Avionul pleacă azi.

Why does avion become avionul?

Because Romanian usually puts the definite article at the end of the noun, not before it.

• avion = plane / a plane
• avionul = the plane

So -ul is the masculine/neuter singular definite article here.

Why isn’t there a separate word for the?

Romanian normally uses an attached definite article instead of a separate word.

In English:

• the plane

In Romanian:

• avionul

This is one of the big differences from English. The article is often added directly to the noun.

What does pleacă mean exactly?

Pleacă is the 3rd person singular present tense of a pleca, which means to leave, to depart, or sometimes to go away.

So avionul pleacă means:

• the plane leaves
• the plane is departing

With transport, a pleca is very commonly used for departures.

Why isn’t there a subject pronoun like el or ea?