Parcul este gol dimineața.

The park is empty in the morning.

Breakdown of Parcul este gol dimineața.

• a fi: to be
• dimineață: in the morning
• parcul: the park
• gol: empty

Questions & Answers about Parcul este gol dimineața.

Why does parcul have -ul at the end instead of a separate word for “the”?

In Romanian the definite article is attached to the end of the noun (it’s called an enclitic article). parc (park) + -ul (the) → parcul = “the park.”

What is the function of este in this sentence?

este is the third-person singular present of a fi (“to be”). It links the subject (parcul) with the adjective (gol) and cannot be omitted in standard statements.

Is gol an adjective? How does it agree with parcul?

Yes, gol means “empty” and is a masculine singular adjective. It agrees with the masculine singular noun parcul in gender and number.

Why is there no preposition like “în” before dimineața?

Romanian expresses recurring times of day by using the definite form of the noun without a preposition. So dimineață (morning) takes its article (-a) and alone means “in the morning.”

Why does dimineața end in -a?