Broșa este în cutie.

to be

Breakdown of Broșa este în cutie.

• în: in
• cutia: the box
• broșa: the brooch

Questions & Answers about Broșa este în cutie.

How do you pronounce Broșa este în cutie?

A natural pronunciation is roughly:

BRO-sha ES-te in koo-TEE-ye

A few key sounds:

• ș sounds like English sh
• ă is a short central vowel, something like the a in sofa
• în has the Romanian î/â sound, which does not exist exactly in English; learners often approximate it at first
• ie at the end of cutie is pronounced as two sounds, roughly ee-ye

So:

• Broșa ≈ BRO-sha
• este ≈ ES-te
• în ≈ a short Romanian ɨn
• cutie ≈ koo-TEE-ye

Why is it broșa and not broșă?

Because broșa means the brooch, while broșă means a brooch.

Romanian usually puts the definite article at the end of the noun instead of using a separate word like English the.

So:

• broșă = a brooch
• broșa = the brooch

That final -a is the feminine singular definite article here.

What does mean?