Ana vrea sandale ușoare pentru plajă la mare.

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Breakdown of Ana vrea sandale ușoare pentru plajă la mare.

• pentru: for
• a vrea: to want
• la: at

Questions & Answers about Ana vrea sandale ușoare pentru plajă la mare.

Why is there no article before sandale?

In Romanian, when you talk about something in a general or indefinite way (“some sandals”), you do not use an article. Sandale is the plural indefinite form of sandala, so it simply means “(some) sandals.” Also, like in English “a pair of pants,” sandals are normally referred to in the plural even when it’s just one pair.

Why is the adjective ușoare placed after sandale, and why does it end in -e?

Romanian descriptive adjectives generally follow the noun they modify. Since sandale is feminine plural, the adjective must agree in gender (feminine) and number (plural). The feminine plural ending for most adjectives is -e, so ușoare means “light [plural, feminine].”

What does vrea represent, and why not vreau or vrea să?

Vrea is the 3rd person singular present form of the irregular verb a vrea (“to want”), so here it means “she wants.” Vreau would be 1st person singular (“I want”). If you choose to express the action rather than directly name the object, you can say Ana vrea să cumpere sandale... (“Ana wants to buy sandals…”). But if you already specify what she wants, you can simply say Ana vrea sandale... without să + verb.

Why do we use pentru plajă and not just la plajă?