Questions & Answers about Șoferul este vinovat.
Because Romanian usually puts the definite article at the end of the noun.
- șofer = driver
- șoferul = the driver
So -ul here means the.
This is very common in Romanian:
- băiat = boy
- băiatul = the boy
Romanian normally uses an attached definite article, not a separate word like English the.
So instead of saying something like the driver, Romanian says șoferul, where the ending -ul carries the meaning of the.
This is one of the big structural differences between English and Romanian.
Este 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, este means is.