Administratorul inspectează țeava și robinetul.

The building manager is inspecting the pipe and the tap.

Breakdown of Administratorul inspectează țeava și robinetul.

• și: and
• administratorul: the building manager
• țeava: the pipe
• robinetul: the tap

Questions & Answers about Administratorul inspectează țeava și robinetul.

Why do administrator, țeavă, and robinet change to administratorul, țeava, and robinetul?

Romanian usually puts the definite article at the end of the noun, not before it as English does.

So:

• administrator = administrator

• administratorul = the administrator

• țeavă = pipe

• țeava = the pipe

• robinet = tap / faucet / valve
• robinetul = the tap / faucet / valve

This is one of the most important differences between Romanian and English.

Common definite article endings here are:

• masculine / neuter singular: -ul
• feminine singular: often -a

So in this sentence, all three nouns are definite.

Why is it țeava and not țeavăa?

Because when a feminine noun ends in -ă, the definite form usually replaces that final -ă with -a.

So:

• o țeavă = a pipe
• țeava = the pipe

You do not add a separate extra a after -ă. The ending changes as part of the definite form.

This pattern is very common with feminine nouns:

• casă → casa
• masă → masa
• ușă → ușa

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