Câinele fericit aleargă pe stradă acum.

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Breakdown of Câinele fericit aleargă pe stradă acum.

• pe: on
• câinele: the dog
• fericit: happy

Questions & Answers about Câinele fericit aleargă pe stradă acum.

What is the function of the -le suffix in câinele?

The -le is the singular definite article attached to the noun. In English you say the dog, but in Romanian you say câine (a dog) + -le = câinele (the dog).

How do you pronounce the Romanian letters â and ă in this sentence?

• â (as in câinele): a close central unrounded vowel [ɨ], similar to the ‘i’ in English bird (British) or ‘u’ in turn, but more closed.
• ă (as in stradă): a mid-central vowel [ə], like the ‘a’ in sofa or comma, very short and relaxed.

Why is the adjective fericit placed after the noun instead of before, as in English?

In standard Romanian the default order is noun + adjective. So you say câinele fericit (“the happy dog”). Placing the adjective before (fericit câinele) is possible for poetic or emphatic effect but is not the neutral word order.

What tense and person is aleargă, and how does it conjugate?