Frigiderul este lângă ușă.

The fridge is next to the door.

Breakdown of Frigiderul este lângă ușă.

• a fi: to be
• ușa: the door
• frigiderul: the fridge
• lângă: next to

Questions & Answers about Frigiderul este lângă ușă.

What is the gender of frigider, and how can I tell?

Frigider is a masculine noun. One clue is that in its definite form it takes -ul (→ frigiderul). Many masculine singular nouns ending in a consonant use -ul for “the,” whereas feminine singular nouns ending in -ă or a vowel take -a (e.g., masă → masa).

How do you form the definite article, as in frigiderul?

Romanian uses an enclitic definite article (attached to the end of the noun).
• Masculine singular nouns ending in a consonant add -ul: frigider + -ul → frigiderul.
• Masculine nouns ending in a vowel add -le (rare): nume → numele.
• Feminine singular nouns add -a: masă → masa.

Why is ușă not in the definite form ușa? Shouldn’t it be “lângă the door”?

When you express location with prepositions like lângă, Romanian often uses the bare (indefinite) noun to mean “next to [the] …” in a general sense.
So lângă ușă means “next to a door” or simply “next to the door” without emphasizing which one.
If you want a specific door, you can say lângă ușa (e.g., Frigiderul este lângă ușa de la intrare → “The fridge is next to the entrance door”).