Questions & Answers about Puricele este pe pisică.
Why does puricele end in -le?
Because Romanian usually puts the definite article at the end of the noun instead of using a separate word like English the.
- purice = flea / a flea
- puricele = the flea
So -le is part of saying the flea.
Why is it pisică and not pisica?
Romanian often uses a bare noun after a preposition in simple location expressions, where English would choose a or the from context.
So pe pisică is a normal short locative phrase. Depending on context, English may translate it as on the cat or on a cat.
If you want to make the meaning more explicit, compare:
- pe pisică = on the cat / on a cat, depending on context
- pe o pisică = on a cat
- pe pisica mea = on my cat
- pe pisica aceea = on that cat
What does pe mean here?