Questions & Answers about Căpușa este pe câine.
How do I pronounce Căpușa este pe câine?
A good stress pattern is:
A few sound notes:
- ș sounds like sh in ship
- ă is a short neutral vowel, like the a in sofa
- â is a Romanian vowel that does not exist exactly in English
- este is often pronounced close to YES-te in normal speech
So the whole sentence sounds roughly like:
kuh-POO-sha YES-te pe KÂI-ne
That is only an approximation, but it is a helpful starting point.
Why is there no separate word for the?
Because Romanian usually puts the definite article at the end of the noun instead of using a separate word before it.
So:
This is one of the biggest differences from English.
Why is it căpușa but just câine, not câinele?