Cușca de transport este mov.

The pet carrier is purple.

Breakdown of Cușca de transport este mov.

• a fi: to be
• cușca de transport: the pet carrier
• mov: purple

Questions & Answers about Cușca de transport este mov.

Why is it cușca and not cușcă?

Cușcă is the basic dictionary form, meaning cage.

Cușca means the cage. Romanian usually adds the definite article to the end of the noun instead of using a separate word like English the.

So:

• cușcă = a cage / cage
• cușca = the cage

This is very common in Romanian.

Why is there no separate word for the?

Because Romanian normally uses a postposed definite article: the article is attached to the noun.

Examples:

• băiat = boy
• băiatul = the boy
• casă = house
• casa = the house
• cușcă = cage
• cușca = the cage

So in this sentence, cușca already includes the idea of the.

What does de transport mean here?