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Zăpada este groasă pe trotuar și sub copaci.
Meaning
The snow is thick on the sidewalk and under the trees.
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Questions & Answers about Zăpada este groasă pe trotuar și sub copaci.
Why is the noun zăpada written with -a at the end instead of just zăpadă?
In Romanian the definite article is a suffix.
- zăpadă = “snow” (indefinite/general)
- zăpada = “the snow” (definite)
Here we’re talking about a specific layer of snow, so we use the definite form zăpada.
Why is the verb este used instead of e?
Both este and e are 3rd-person singular present forms of a fi (“to be”).
- este is the full (standard/written) form.
- e is the short (colloquial/spoken) form.
They mean the same thing; you’ll see este more often in writing.
Why does the adjective appear as groasă, ending in -ă?
Romanian adjectives agree in gender and number with the noun they describe.
- zăpada is feminine singular.
- The masculine form of “thick” is gros, which becomes groasă in the feminine singular to match zăpada.
Why do we say pe trotuar instead of în trotuar?