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What does carosabilul mean exactly? Is it the same as road?
Not exactly. Carosabilul refers specifically to the carriageway / roadway — the part of the street or road used by vehicles.
So it is a bit more technical than the everyday English word road. It does not include things like the sidewalk.
In many real-life contexts, though, it may still be translated simply as the road if that sounds more natural in English.
Why does carosabil become carosabilul?
Because Romanian usually puts the definite article at the end of the noun.
- carosabil = a roadway / roadway
- carosabilul = the roadway
The ending -ul is the masculine/neuter singular definite article here.
This is one of the big differences from English: Romanian often says the by attaching it to the noun instead of putting a separate word before it.
What gender is carosabilul?