Word
Inginerul lucrează la birou în oraș dimineața.
Meaning
The engineer works at the office in the city in the morning.
Part of speech
sentence
Pronunciation
Course
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Breakdown of Inginerul lucrează la birou în oraș dimineața.
dimineață
in the morning
orașul
the city
a lucra
to work
în
in
Questions & Answers about Inginerul lucrează la birou în oraș dimineața.
Why does inginerul mean the engineer? Why is the -ul stuck to the noun?
Romanian uses a postposed definite article (attached to the end of the noun), unlike English, which uses a separate word the before the noun.
- inginer = engineer
- inginerul = the engineer
Other examples:
So -ul here is the masculine singular definite article, equivalent to the in English.
Why is it la birou and not în birou for at the office?
Both la birou and în birou are correct, but they have different nuances:
- la birou = at the office (as a general workplace location)
- similar to English at work / at the office
- în birou = in the office (physically inside the room/office space)
In this sentence, we talk about where he works in general, so la birou is more natural.
Why is it la birou and not la biroul if it means at the office?