Casa ta este mică.

to be

Breakdown of Casa ta este mică.

• casa: the house
• mic: small
• ta: your

Questions & Answers about Casa ta este mică.

Why is the noun in the form casa instead of casă?

In Romanian the definite article is not a separate word but a suffix on the noun.

• casă = “a house” (indefinite)
• casa = casă
  • -a (definite article) = “the house”

Why do I still need a definite article when I already have a possessive pronoun? In English we say “your house,” not “the your house.”

In Romanian, possessive adjectives do not replace the definite article. The article remains on the noun to mark definiteness, and the possessive follows it.

• casa ta = “the house of yours” → idiomatically “your house”

What does ta mean and why is it placed after the noun?

ta is the second-person-singular feminine possessive adjective (“your”). Romanian word order for possessives is usually:
noun (with the article) + possessive adjective.
Hence casa ta = “your house.”

Why is the possessive adjective ta and not tău or tua?