Breakdown of Contractul de închiriere este în sertar.
a fi
to be
în
in
sertarul
the drawer
contractul de închiriere
the lease agreement
Questions & Answers about Contractul de închiriere este în sertar.
Why is it contractul and not just contract?
Because -ul is the Romanian definite article attached to the end of the noun.
- contract = a contract
- contractul = the contract
Romanian usually puts the at the end of the noun instead of using a separate word like English does.
So:
- Contractul de închiriere = the rental contract / the lease agreement
What does de închiriere mean here?
De închiriere means something like for renting / rental.
The structure noun + de + noun is very common in Romanian and often works like an English descriptive phrase.
Here:
- contract = contract
- închiriere = renting, rental
- contract de închiriere = rental contract / lease agreement
Literally, it is close to contract of renting, but in natural English you would usually say rental contract or lease agreement.
Why is închiriere a noun instead of an adjective?