Detaliul acesta lipsește din raport.

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Breakdown of Detaliul acesta lipsește din raport.

• acesta: this
• raportul: the report
• a lipsi: to be missing

Questions & Answers about Detaliul acesta lipsește din raport.

Why is it detaliul and not just detaliu?

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

• detaliu = detail
• detaliul = the detail

So Detaliul acesta means this detail or more literally the detail this.

Why is acesta placed after the noun?

In Romanian, demonstratives like acesta (this) commonly come after the noun:

• detaliul acesta = this detail
• raportul acesta = this report

This is a very normal Romanian structure. You can also sometimes see demonstratives before the noun in more formal or emphatic styles, but after the noun is extremely common in everyday language.

What exactly does acesta mean, and how is it different from ăsta?