Chiriașul așteaptă aici.

The tenant is waiting here.

Breakdown of Chiriașul așteaptă aici.

• aici: here
• a aștepta: to wait
• chiriașul: the tenant

Questions & Answers about Chiriașul așteaptă aici.

Why does chiriaș become chiriașul here?

Because Romanian usually puts the definite article at the end of the noun, not as a separate word in front.

• chiriaș = tenant
• chiriașul = the tenant

So the ending -ul is the masculine singular definite article.
This is one of the most noticeable differences from English.

What gender and number is chiriașul?

Chiriașul is:

• masculine
• singular
• definite

Its basic dictionary form is chiriaș. The sentence is talking about one specific male tenant, or a tenant referred to with the masculine noun.

A feminine form also exists:

• chiriașă = a female tenant
• chiriașa = the female tenant

What tense is așteaptă?

Așteaptă is present tense, 3rd person singular of the verb a aștepta = to wait.

So it can mean:

• he waits
• she waits
• it waits

In this sentence, the noun chiriașul tells you who is doing the action, so English translates it as the tenant waits / is waiting here.

Romanian present tense often covers both the simple present and the present continuous idea from English, depending on context.