O stea strălucește deasupra casei.

the house

Breakdown of O stea strălucește deasupra casei.

• o: a
• a străluci: to shine
• steaua: the star

Questions & Answers about O stea strălucește deasupra casei.

Why is O used before stea instead of Un?

O is the feminine indefinite article in Romanian (equivalent to English a or an when the noun is feminine). Un is the masculine indefinite article. Since stea (“star”) is a feminine noun, we use o stea to mean “a star.”

How do you conjugate the verb străluci (“to shine”) in the present tense for “it”?

In the present tense, străluci is conjugated as follows: • eu strălucesc
• tu strălucești
• el/ea strălucește
Here, strălucește is the third-person singular (“he/she/it shines”).

What does the preposition deasupra require, and why is it followed by casei?

Deasupra (“above”) is a preposition that governs the genitive case in Romanian. The noun casa (“the house”) in the genitive singular becomes casei. Therefore deasupra casei means “above the house.”

How would you say “above a house” instead of “above the house”?

You would use the indefinite genitive form unei case. So “above a house” is deasupra unei case. Here, unei is the feminine indefinite genitive article.