Questions & Answers about Fața ta este curată.
Why is fața written with an -a at the end instead of a separate word for “the”?
In Romanian the definite article is suffixed to the noun rather than standing alone.
– Indefinite: o față = “a face”
– Definite: fața = “the face”
Why does the possessive pronoun ta come after fața instead of before, like in English “your face”?
Romanian normally places the possessive pronoun after the noun. So fața ta literally looks like “face your,” but it means “your face.” The form ta agrees in gender (feminine) and number (singular) with față.
How can I tell that fața means “face” and not fată meaning “girl”?
They are two distinct words distinguished by spelling, diacritics, and pronunciation:
• față (with ț) = “face,” pronounced [fa.t͡sə]
• fată (with plain t) = “girl,” pronounced [fə.tə]
Why does curată end with -ă rather than something like -u?
Adjectives in Romanian agree with the noun’s gender and number. The base form is curat (masculine singular). To make it feminine singular, you add -ă, yielding curată, to match fața (which is feminine singular).