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Un restaurant ieftin este dificil de găsit în oraș diseară.
Meaning
A cheap restaurant is difficult to find in the city tonight.
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Breakdown of Un restaurant ieftin este dificil de găsit în oraș diseară.
a fi
to be
un
a
orașul
the city
în
in
restaurantul
the restaurant
diseară
tonight
ieftin
cheap
dificil de găsit
difficult to find
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Questions & Answers about Un restaurant ieftin este dificil de găsit în oraș diseară.
Why is the adjective ieftin placed after restaurant in "un restaurant ieftin"?
In Romanian, adjectives normally follow the noun they describe. You can sometimes put them before for emphasis or a poetic effect, but the default word order is noun + adjective.
Why do we say "dificil de găsit" and not simply "dificil găsit"?
The pattern [adjective] + de + infinitive is the standard way to express "difficult to do something" in Romanian. The preposition de links the adjective to the action in the infinitive.
Can we replace "dificil" with "greu" here?
Yes. "Greu de găsit" is more common in everyday speech and means exactly the same thing. "Dificil" is a bit more formal or literary.
Why is "în oraș" used instead of "în orașul"?
"În oraș" (without the article) is the idiomatic way to say "in town" or "downtown." If you said "în orașul", you'd be specifying "in the city" (a particular city), which slightly changes the nuance.
Why is "diseară" placed at the end of the sentence instead of at the beginning?
Time adverbials in Romanian are flexible. Putting "diseară" at the end emphasizes that the difficulty applies specifically tonight. You could also start with it—"Diseară este dificil de găsit un restaurant ieftin în oraș"—with no change in basic meaning.
Could we also say "astă seară" instead of "diseară"?
Absolutely. "Astă seară" and "diseară" both mean "this evening" and are interchangeable, though "diseară" is a bit more colloquial.
Why is the infinitive găsit not conjugated?
After de in constructions like "dificil de găsit", Romanian uses the bare infinitive (ending in -t). It never agrees with person or number here, because the phrase is impersonal.
Why don’t we use the definite article (the) with restaurant?
The indefinite article "un" indicates you’re talking about any cheap restaurant, not a specific one. If you wanted to refer to a particular restaurant, you’d use the definite form ("restaurantul ieftin").