Word
Este important să nu cadă bagajul de pe pat.
Meaning
It is important that the luggage does not fall off the bed.
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Breakdown of Este important să nu cadă bagajul de pe pat.
nu
not
a fi
to be
important
important
bagajul
the luggage
Questions & Answers about Este important să nu cadă bagajul de pe pat.
What role does să play in this sentence?
Să introduces the subjunctive mood in Romanian. After impersonal expressions like este important, you need să before the verb to express importance, necessity, or desire.
Why is the verb cadă in the subjunctive rather than the indicative (cade)?
Because in Romanian, when you have an impersonal expression such as este important, the action that follows must be in the subjunctive. The subjunctive here signals that it’s not just stating a fact but expressing something important to happen or not happen.
Why is the negative nu placed before cadă instead of after it?
In Romanian, the negative particle nu always precedes the verb—whether the verb is in the indicative or subjunctive. So you say nu cadă, never cadă nu.
Why do we say bagajul rather than just bagaj?
Romanian uses enclitic (postposed) definite articles. Attaching -ul to bagaj makes it bagajul, meaning the luggage or the bag.
What’s the difference between pe pat, , and ?