Questions & Answers about Moneda cade sub tarabă.
Why is it moneda and not monedă?
Because Romanian usually puts the definite article at the end of the noun.
- monedă = a coin
- moneda = the coin
So Moneda cade sub tarabă uses the definite form, meaning that it is a specific coin. The capital M is only there because it is the first word of the sentence.
What form is cade?
Cade is the 3rd person singular present tense form of the verb a cădea, meaning to fall.
It matches moneda, which is singular:
- eu cad = I fall
- tu cazi = you fall
- el/ea cade = he/she/it falls
- noi cădem = we fall
- voi cădeți = you all fall
- ei/ele cad = they fall
So moneda cade = the coin falls or the coin is falling, depending on context.
Why does the dictionary form a cădea become cade?
This is just how the verb is conjugated. Romanian verbs do not always keep exactly the same stem in every form.
With a cădea, the present tense looks like this:
- cad
- cazi
- cade
- cădem
- cădeți
- cad
So the ă is not present in every form. This is normal and something you learn with the verb pattern.