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Why does despăgubirea end in -a?
Because Romanian usually puts the definite article at the end of the noun, not as a separate word like English the.
- despăgubire = compensation / indemnity
- despăgubirea = the compensation / the indemnity
So in this sentence, despăgubirea is the definite form of the noun.
What is the base form of despăgubirea?
The base form is despăgubire.
That is the indefinite singular form. When you make it definite, it becomes despăgubirea.
This is a very common pattern with feminine nouns in Romanian:
- carte → cartea
- întrebare → întrebarea
- despăgubire → despăgubirea
So if you look up the word in a dictionary, you would usually search for despăgubire.
Why is there este? Can Romanian leave out is?