Chelnerii de acolo vorbesc română și engleză.

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Breakdown of Chelnerii de acolo vorbesc română și engleză.

• a vorbi: to speak
• româna: the Romanian language
• și: and

Questions & Answers about Chelnerii de acolo vorbesc română și engleză.

Why is Chelnerii ending in -ii? What does that suffix mean?

Chelnerii is the definite plural form of chelner (“waiter”). Romanian marks “the waiters” by adding -ii to the base chelner. The indefinite plural is chelneri (“waiters”), whereas chelnerii means “the waiters.”

Why is Chelnerii capitalized?

In Romanian only the first word of a sentence is capitalized (unless it’s a proper noun). Here Chelnerii is capitalized simply because it begins the sentence, not because “waiters” is a special noun.

What does de acolo mean? Why not just acolo?

Acolo alone is an adverb meaning “there” (describing where something happens). De acolo literally means “from there” and functions here like an adjective: “the waiters from there.” Saying chelnerii acolo is unusual when modifying a noun, so you use de acolo to express “from that place.”

Why is there no în before română and engleză?