Telefonul meu este pe biroul din dormitor.

My phone is on the desk in the bedroom.

Breakdown of Telefonul meu este pe biroul din dormitor.

• a fi: to be
• telefonul: the phone
• meu: my
• pe: on

Questions & Answers about Telefonul meu este pe biroul din dormitor.

Why do telefonul and biroul 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.

• telefon = phone

• telefonul = the phone

• birou = desk
• biroul = the desk

So in this sentence:

• telefonul meu = my phone / literally the phone my
• biroul = the desk

This is one of the biggest differences from English word structure.

Why is it telefonul meu, with meu after the noun, instead of before it?

In Romanian, possessive words like meu often come after the noun.

So:

• telefonul meu = my phone
• cartea mea = my book
• prietenii mei = my friends

This is the normal Romanian order. English says my phone, but Romanian says something more like phone-the my.

Also, when a noun has a possessive like meu, Romanian usually still keeps the definite article on the noun:

• telefonul meu = my phone
• not usually telefon meu

Why is it meu and not mea?