Aspiratorul este sub pat, lângă cutia mare.

The vacuum cleaner is under the bed, next to the big box.

Breakdown of Aspiratorul este sub pat, lângă cutia mare.

• a fi: to be
• mare: big
• patul: the bed
• lângă: next to

Questions & Answers about Aspiratorul este sub pat, lângă cutia mare.

Why does aspiratorul end in -ul?

Because Romanian usually puts the definite article at the end of the noun, instead of using a separate word like English the.

So:

• aspirator = vacuum cleaner
• aspiratorul = the vacuum cleaner

For many masculine and neuter singular nouns, the definite ending is -ul.

What gender are aspirator, pat, and cutie?

• aspirator is neuter
• pat is neuter
• cutie is feminine

Romanian neuter nouns behave like masculine in the singular and feminine in the plural. That is why you get:

• aspiratorul in the singular
• but plural aspiratoare

This is a very common Romanian pattern for objects and inanimate things.

Why is it cutia and not just cutie?

Because cutia is the definite form: the box.

So:

• cutie = a box / box
• cutia = the box

With feminine nouns ending in -ie, the definite singular often becomes -ia:

• cutie → cutia
• pălărie → pălăria

So cutia mare means the big box.