Primăvara aduce flori noi și iarbă proaspătă.

Spring brings new flowers and fresh grass.

Breakdown of Primăvara aduce flori noi și iarbă proaspătă.

• și: and
• a aduce: to bring
• nou: new
• floarea: the flower
• iarba: the grass
• primăvara: the spring
• proaspăt: fresh

Questions & Answers about Primăvara aduce flori noi și iarbă proaspătă.

Why does Primăvara have the -a at the end?

In Romanian the definite article isn’t a separate word but a suffix.
– Primăvară means “spring” in general (indefinite).
– Primăvara means “the spring” (definite).
Attaching -a marks it as “the spring.”

Could I say Primăvară aduce flori noi… without the -a?

Yes.
– Primăvară aduce flori noi (“Spring brings new flowers”) uses the indefinite noun.
– It sounds more like a headline or proverb.
– With -a, it’s a complete sentence: “The spring brings…”

Why isn’t there an article before flori or iarbă?

Objects in Romanian often appear without an article when they’re indefinite:
– flori = “(some) flowers”
– iarbă = “(some) grass” (mass noun)
You add an article only if you want “the flowers” (florile) or “the grass” (iarba).

Why is flori plural but iarbă singular?

Because flori is countable (“flowers”) and you expect many.
iarbă is an uncountable/mass noun (“grass”), so it stays singular.

Why do the adjectives follow the nouns (flori noi, iarbă proaspătă)?

Standard Romanian word order puts the adjective after its noun.
– flori noi literally “flowers new”
– iarbă proaspătă “grass fresh”
You can front the adjective for emphasis (e.g. noi flori), but the neutral order is noun–adjective.

How do adjectives agree with nouns here?

Romanian adjectives change form for gender (m/f) and number (sg/pl):
– flori is feminine plural → “new” = noi
– iarbă is feminine singular → “fresh” = proaspătă
Every adjective must match its noun’s gender and number.

Why is the present tense aduce used instead of a past or future tense?

Romanian present tense often expresses general truths or habitual actions.
Here it means “each spring brings…” rather than a single past event.

How do I pronounce the letter ă in Primăvara and proaspătă?

The Romanian ă is a mid-central unrounded vowel, like the ‘a’ in English about or sofa.
Try saying a quick, relaxed “uh” sound.

Should there be a comma before și in this sentence?

No. In Romanian, you normally don’t put a comma before și (“and”) when connecting just two elements.
– Correct: flori noi și iarbă proaspătă
– A comma would appear only in longer lists or for special emphasis.