Chiria se plătește în zece zile.

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Breakdown of Chiria se plătește în zece zile.

• ziua: the day
• a plăti: to pay
• chiria: the rent

Questions & Answers about Chiria se plătește în zece zile.

Why is it chiria and not chirie?

Chirie means rent.

Chiria means the rent. Romanian usually puts the definite article at the end of the noun instead of using a separate word like the in English.

So:

• chirie = rent
• chiria = the rent

In this sentence, chiria is the subject: the rent.

What does se plătește mean here?

It comes from the verb a plăti = to pay.

• plătește = pays / is paying (3rd person singular, present tense)
• se plătește = a very common Romanian structure meaning is paid or one pays

So se plătește here is best understood as a passive-like form:

• Chiria se plătește = The rent is paid

It does not literally mean the rent pays itself.

Is se plătește a reflexive form or a passive form?