Questions & Answers about Profesoara este bună cu elevii.
Why is it profesoara, not profesoară?
The dictionary form is profesoară = a female teacher.
In the sentence, profesoara means the female teacher / the teacher. Romanian usually adds the definite article to the end of the noun instead of using a separate word like English the.
So:
- profesoară = a teacher
- profesoara = the teacher
For this type of feminine noun, the ending changes when the definite article is added, so -ă becomes -a.
Why is there no separate word for the?
Because Romanian normally uses a definite article attached to the noun.
In English:
- the teacher
- the students
In Romanian:
- profesoara
- elevii
So the sentence literally looks more like:
- teacher-the is good with students-the
This is one of the biggest differences from English.
Is profesoara specifically female?