Mucegaiul apare în baie.

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Breakdown of Mucegaiul apare în baie.

• a apărea: to appear
• baia: the bathroom
• mucegaiul: the mould

Questions & Answers about Mucegaiul apare în baie.

Why is it mucegaiul and not just mucegai?

Because Romanian usually puts the definite article at the end of the noun.

• mucegai = mold
• mucegaiul = the mold

So -ul is the masculine/neuter singular definite article here. English uses a separate word the, but Romanian attaches it.

What gender is mucegai?

Mucegai is a neuter noun.

In Romanian, neuter nouns behave:

• like masculine in the singular
• like feminine in the plural

So in the singular you get forms like mucegaiul.

What exactly is apare?

Apare is the 3rd person singular, present tense form of the verb a apărea.

So:

• a apărea = to appear / to show up / to occur
• apare = appears

It matches the singular subject mucegaiul.

Why is it apare and not another verb form?