Șoferul frânează.

The driver brakes.

Breakdown of Șoferul frânează.

• șoferul: the driver
• a frâna: to brake

Questions & Answers about Șoferul frânează.

Why does șoferul end in -ul?

Because Romanian usually puts the definite article at the end of the noun, not before it.

• șofer = driver
• șoferul = the driver

So -ul here is the masculine singular definite article, attached directly to the noun.

This is one of the biggest differences from English:

• English: the driver
• Romanian: șoferul

Why is there no separate word for the?

Romanian normally uses a postposed definite article, meaning the article is added to the end of the noun.

So instead of:

• English: the + driver

Romanian has:

• șofer + ul = șoferul

This is completely normal in Romanian:

• băiatul = the boy
• omul = the man
• șoferul = the driver

What form is frânează?