Medicul veterinar verifică microcipul, vaccinul și carnetul de sănătate.

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Breakdown of Medicul veterinar verifică microcipul, vaccinul și carnetul de sănătate.

• a verifica: to check
• medicul veterinar: the veterinarian
• microcipul: the microchip

Questions & Answers about Medicul veterinar verifică microcipul, vaccinul și carnetul de sănătate.

Why do so many words end in -ul here: medicul, microcipul, vaccinul, carnetul?

Because Romanian usually puts the definite article at the end of the noun instead of using a separate word like English the.

So:

• medic = doctor / vet doctor
• medicul = the doctor / the vet
• microcip = microchip
• microcipul = the microchip

In this sentence, all of those nouns are definite, so they take the definite ending.

For masculine and many neuter nouns in the singular, that ending is often -ul.

Why is it medicul veterinar and not veterinarul or veterinar medic?

Medicul veterinar is the standard full expression for the veterinarian or the veterinary doctor.

A few useful points:

• medic veterinar = veterinarian
• medicul veterinar = the veterinarian

Romanian normally puts the adjective after the noun:

• medic veterinar = veterinary doctor

So the definite article goes on the noun:

• medicul veterinar

You can also hear veterinarul in everyday speech, and it often means the vet, but medicul veterinar is the fuller and slightly more formal expression.