Banca de lângă parc este liberă.

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Breakdown of Banca de lângă parc este liberă.

• parcul: the park
• de lângă: next to
• liber: free

Questions & Answers about Banca de lângă parc este liberă.

Why does banca end in -a instead of using a separate word for the?

In Romanian the definite article is enclitic – it attaches as a suffix to the noun. Here bancă (“bench”) + -a (feminine singular definite article) → banca (“the bench”).

What is the function of de in de lângă parc? Could we say just lângă parc?

The combination de lângă forms an attributive phrase meaning “of/by next to.” You use it when you want to specify which bench you mean (“the bench that is next to the park”). If you drop de, banca lângă parc sounds ungrammatical as a noun modifier. You can, however, use lângă on its own in a predicate: Banca e lângă parc (“The bench is next to the park”).

Why is parc not in the genitive case (e.g. parcul) after de?

Here de is part of the locative pattern de lângă, not the genitive preposition. The noun after lângă stays in the basic (nominative/accusative) form without its article. If you wanted “the park’s bench” (possession), you’d say banca parcului.

How do you pronounce â in lângă? Is it different from î?