Word
Programul de seară se termină târziu, după culcare.
Meaning
The evening schedule ends late, after bedtime.
Part of speech
sentence
Pronunciation
Course
Lesson
Breakdown of Programul de seară se termină târziu, după culcare.
târziu
late
după
after
de
of
seara
the evening
Questions & Answers about Programul de seară se termină târziu, după culcare.
Why is it programul and not just program?
In Romanian, the definite article is attached to the end of the noun.
- program = a program / a schedule (indefinite)
- programul = the program / the schedule (definite)
So Programul de seară means the evening program, not just an evening program.
What does de seară mean, and why is de used?
de here functions like of or for, turning seară (evening) into a descriptive phrase: de seară ≈ evening, for the evening, evening-time.
It’s a very common way in Romanian to form “type-of” phrases:
- program de seară – evening program
- rochie de vară – summer dress
- mâncare de prânz – lunch food
So Programul de seară literally is “the program of evening / for the evening,” i.e. the evening program.
Why seară and not seara in de seară?