Seara, mama mea face ciorbă de legume.

In the evening, my mother makes vegetable soup.

Breakdown of Seara, mama mea face ciorbă de legume.

• mea: my
• leguma: the vegetable
• de: of
• seara: the evening

Questions & Answers about Seara, mama mea face ciorbă de legume.

Why is it Seara and not În seara or În fiecare seară to mean “in the evening / every evening”?

Romanian often uses a bare time word at the beginning of the sentence to express a habitual time, without any preposition:

• Seara, mama mea face ciorbă de legume.
  = (In the) evening, my mother makes vegetable soup (as a habit).

You can say:

• În fiecare seară, mama mea face ciorbă de legume. – Every evening… (stronger emphasis on “every”)
• Seara, mama mea… – usually understood as “in the evening / in the evenings” from context.

So Seara alone, at the start, is very natural for a repeated action in the evening.

Why is there a comma after Seara?

Seara here is a time expression moved to the front of the sentence for emphasis. Romanian usually separates such a fronted adverbial with a comma:

• Seara, mama mea face ciorbă de legume.

You can also put it at the end:

• Mama mea face ciorbă de legume seara.

At the end of the sentence, you normally do not use a comma. Both word orders are correct; the version with Seara, emphasizes the time a bit more.

What is the difference between seară and seara?