Breakdown of Întrebarea este ușor de înțeles.
a fi
to be
întrebarea
the question
ușor de înțeles
easy to understand
Questions & Answers about Întrebarea este ușor de înțeles.
Why doesn’t ușor change to ușoară to agree with întrebarea, which is feminine?
In the “ușor de + participle” construction, ușor functions adverbially (or as an indeclinable predicate) and never agrees with the subject in gender or number. It remains in its base form regardless of whether the noun is masculine, feminine, singular, or plural.
What is the role of the preposition de before înțeles? Why not use a înțelege?
Romanian uses the pattern adjective + de + past participle to express “easy/difficult to [verb].” Here, de links ușor to the action. You don’t use the full infinitive (a înțelege) in this construction—only the past participle (înțeles) follows de.
What exactly is înțeles in this sentence?
Înțeles is the past (perfect) passive participle of a înțelege (“to understand”). In ușor de înțeles, it conveys “to be understood” and, together with de, completes the idea “easy to understand.”
How would you say the opposite, “hard to understand”?
Simply replace ușor with greu:
Întrebarea este greu de înțeles.
Can I rephrase it using a passive construction with se, like “Întrebarea se înțelege ușor”?
Yes.
Întrebarea se înțelege ușor literally means “the question is understood easily.” It uses the reflexive-passive se instead of the “ușor de + participle” pattern. The meaning is essentially the same, though the style is slightly different.
Why is the definite article -a attached to întrebare at the end?
Romanian places the definite article as a suffix. For feminine nouns ending in -e (like întrebare), you add -a to form the definite: întrebarea = “the question.”
Why does întrebarea start with î and not â?
Romanian spelling rules dictate that the letter î is used at the very beginning (or end) of words, while â appears only in the interior. Since întrebarea starts with that sound, it’s spelled with î.
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