Questions & Answers about În bucătărie este un miros bun de pâine caldă.
Why is it în bucătărie and not în bucătăria?
After prepositions, Romanian often uses the noun without the definite article when talking about a general, familiar location such as in the kitchen, at school, in bed, and so on.
So în bucătărie is the normal way to say in the kitchen.
You are more likely to see the definite article if the noun is further specified, for example:
- în bucătăria casei = in the kitchen of the house
- în bucătăria mea = in my kitchen
Why does Romanian use este here instead of something that literally means there is?
Romanian often expresses existence with just este or e plus the noun.
So:
- Este un miros... literally looks like is a smell...
- but it means there is a smell...
When a place is mentioned first, Romanian often puts it at the beginning:
- În bucătărie este un miros... = In the kitchen, there is a smell...
This is a very common Romanian pattern.
Why is it un miros?
Because miros is a singular countable noun here, and Romanian normally uses the indefinite article when introducing one unspecified thing:
- un miros = a smell
Just like English says a smell, Romanian says un miros.