Questions & Answers about Polița este în mașină.
Why is it polița and not poliță?
Because polița is the definite form: the policy.
In Romanian, the definite article is usually attached to the end of the noun, instead of being a separate word like English the.
So:
- poliță = policy
- polița = the policy
This is very common in Romanian:
- carte = book
- cartea = the book
What does este mean?
Este means is.
It is the 3rd person singular form of a fi, which means to be.
So:
- eu sunt = I am
- tu ești = you are
- el/ea este = he/she is
In this sentence, Polița este în mașină, it simply means The policy is in the car.
Can I say e instead of este?