Martorul spune adevărul.

The witness tells the truth.

Breakdown of Martorul spune adevărul.

• a spune: to tell
• adevărul: the truth
• martorul: the witness

Questions & Answers about Martorul spune adevărul.

Why do martorul and adevărul end in -ul?

Because -ul is the Romanian definite article for many singular masculine and neuter nouns.
So:

• martor = witness
• martorul = the witness

and

• adevăr = truth
• adevărul = the truth

Unlike English, Romanian usually attaches the to the end of the noun instead of putting it before the noun.

Why isn’t there a separate word for the in this sentence?

Romanian normally uses an enclitic definite article, which means the article is attached to the noun.

So English:

• the witness
• the truth

becomes Romanian:

• martorul
• adevărul

This is one of the big structural differences between English and Romanian.

What form of the verb is spune?