At school and university

In class

The students are in the classroom.
Studenții sunt în clasă.
The English course is interesting.
Cursul de engleză este interesant.

Clasa is both the class (the group) and the classroom. At university you go la facultate, and a single lecture or course is cursul. As always after la and în, the noun drops its article: la facultate, în clasă, în pauză.

My brother studies at university.
Fratele meu studiază la facultate.

Questions, grades, breaks

I have a question.
Am o întrebare.
I have a good grade on the exam.
Am o notă bună la examen.

Nota is the grade you get — and, in a restaurant, the bill.

During the break, I drink a coffee.
În pauză, beau o cafea.

Finishing

Termina is to finish something. It is a regular -a verb: termin, termini, termină.

I have to finish the project.
Trebuie să termin proiectul.

In order to

Ca să + subjunctive gives the purpose — in order to, so that. The verb after it agrees with whoever does it, exactly as after vreau să.

I study so that I get a good grade.
Învăț ca să am o notă bună.
clasathe class, the classroom
cursulthe course, the lecture
facultateathe university, the faculty
notathe grade; the bill
întrebareathe question
pauzathe break

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