Laptele proaspăt este bun pentru cafea.

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Breakdown of Laptele proaspăt este bun pentru cafea.

• cafeaua: the coffee
• a fi: to be
• bun: good

Questions & Answers about Laptele proaspăt este bun pentru cafea.

What does laptele mean, and why doesn’t Romanian have a separate word for the?

Laptele means the milk. In Romanian the definite article is enclitic (attached to the end of the noun) rather than a separate word. Masculine nouns ending in a vowel add -l and often an extra vowel: lapte + -le = laptele.

Why is the adjective proaspăt placed after the noun instead of before it?

Adjectives in Romanian most commonly follow the noun. So laptele proaspăt literally reads “the milk fresh,” which corresponds to English the fresh milk. Placing proaspăt before the noun without changing the form would sound unnatural.

Why doesn’t proaspăt have a definite ending like proaspătul?

When an adjective modifies a noun and comes after it, only the noun carries the definite article. Thus laptele is definite, and proaspăt remains in its base (indefinite) form.

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