Deparazitarea începe azi.

The parasite treatment starts today.

Breakdown of Deparazitarea începe azi.

• azi: today
• a începe: to start
• deparazitarea: the parasite treatment

Questions & Answers about Deparazitarea începe azi.

What exactly is deparazitarea in grammatical terms?

Deparazitarea is a noun, not a finite verb. More specifically, it is a verbal noun formed from a deparazita (to deworm / to remove parasites / to treat for parasites).

In this sentence, it is the subject of the verb începe:

• Deparazitarea = the deworming / the parasite treatment
• începe = starts / begins

So the sentence structure is basically:

• Deparazitarea = subject
• începe = verb
• azi = time adverb

Why does deparazitarea end in -a?

That final -a is the definite article.

Romanian usually puts the at the end of the noun instead of before it.

Compare:

• deparazitare = deworming / parasite treatment
• deparazitarea = the deworming / the parasite treatment

So English says:

• the deworming

but Romanian says:

• deparazitarea

This is a very common Romanian pattern.

Why is the definite form used here?