Femeia împachetează ceainicul.

the teapot

Breakdown of Femeia împachetează ceainicul.

• a împacheta: to wrap; package
• femeia: the woman

Questions & Answers about Femeia împachetează ceainicul.

Why does femeia end in -a instead of just being femeie?

Because femeia means the woman, while femeie means a woman / woman.

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

• femeie = woman
• femeia = the woman

So in this sentence, femeia is the subject and means the woman.

Why is it ceainicul and not just ceainic?

For the same reason: ceainicul means the teapot, while ceainic means a teapot / teapot.

• ceainic = teapot
• ceainicul = the teapot

The ending -ul is a common definite article ending for masculine and neuter nouns in the singular.

Why do both nouns have the in Romanian?

Because the sentence means The woman packs the teapot, so both the subject and the object are definite.

Romanian marks definiteness directly on the noun:

• femeia = the woman
• ceainicul = the teapot

This is completely normal in Romanian. If the meaning were less specific, you might see:

• O femeie împachetează un ceainic. = A woman is packing a teapot.