Trepiedul este lângă ușă.

The tripod is next to the door.

Breakdown of Trepiedul este lângă ușă.

• a fi: to be
• ușa: the door
• lângă: next to
• trepiedul: the tripod

Questions & Answers about Trepiedul este lângă ușă.

Why is it trepiedul instead of a separate word for the?

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

• trepied = tripod
• trepiedul = the tripod

So -ul is the attached definite article here.

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What part of speech is este?

Este is the 3rd person singular present form of a fi (to be). It means is.

So:

• eu sunt = I am
• tu ești = you are
• el/ea este = he/she/it is

In everyday Romanian, este is very often shortened to e:

• Trepiedul e lângă ușă.

That is just as natural in speech.

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What does lângă do in the sentence?

Lângă is a preposition meaning near, by, or next to.

It introduces the location:

• lângă ușă = by/next to the door

So the sentence structure is:

• Trepiedul = the tripod
• este = is
• lângă ușă = by the door

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Why is it ușă and not ușa?