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### The Preposition Problem

In Romanian, many verbs and adjectives are tightly linked to specific prepositions. For example, you say you are aware *of* something (*conștient de*), or that an experiment relies *on* something (*se bazează pe*).

If you want to follow these prepositions with a simple noun, it's easy. But if you want to follow them with a whole new clause (using the conjunction *că*, meaning "that"), you hit a grammatical wall: you cannot place a preposition directly before *că*.

### The "Faptul Că" Workaround

To solve this, we use a syntactic bridge: the dummy noun phrase **faptul** (the fact). 

By inserting **faptul** after the preposition, we give it a noun to attach to. Then, we simply add **că** and our normal indicative verb clause. This creates the structure **preposition + faptul că** ("the fact that").

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### Explaining Causes and Effects

This workaround is incredibly useful for discussing sociology, experiments, and human behavior, where you often need to explain how one complex idea relates to another. 

Notice how *faptul că* pairs with different prepositions depending on what the main verb or adjective requires:

- **în faptul că** (in the fact that)
- **pe faptul că** (on the fact that)
- **cu faptul că** (with the fact that)
- **din faptul că** (from the fact that)

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The dummy noun phrase (faptul că)

adjective

adverb

adverbial phrase

auxiliary

auxiliary verb

conjunction

determiner

interjection

noun

numeral

particle

preposition

pronoun

sentence

verb

The verb to be and definite articles (a fi, -ul, -le)

Feminine definite articles (-a, -ua)

Indefinite articles (un, o)

Negative sentences (nu)

Question words (ce, unde, cine)

The verb to have (a avea)

Masculine plural nouns (-i, -ii)

Feminine plural nouns (-e, -i, -le)

Neuter plural nouns (-uri, -e, -le)

Adjectives and agreement

Present tense of regular -a verbs

Present tense of -a verbs with suffix (-ez)

Present tense of regular -i and -î verbs

Present tense of -i and -î verbs with suffix (-esc / -ăsc)

Present tense of -ea and -e verbs

Reflexive pronouns (mă, te, se, ne, vă)

Accusative prepositions (în, la, pe, din, cu)

Likes and dislikes (îmi place)

Possessive adjectives (meu, tău, său)

Third-person possessives (lui, ei, lor)

Possessive articles (al, a, ai, ale)

Formal politeness (dumneavoastră)

Demonstrative adjectives (acest, acel)

Numbers 1 to 10

The number two (doi, două)

Numbers 11 to 20

Counting by tens to 100

Quantifying large numbers (de)

The subjunctive (să)

Third-person subjunctive (să)

Direct object pronouns (îl, o, îi, le)

Personal direct objects (pe)

Days of the week

Telling time (e ora...)

Months of the Year (January to June)

Months of the Year (July to December)

The Four Seasons

Weather Conditions

Rooms in a House

Basic Body Parts: Upper Body

Basic Body Parts: Limbs

Everyday Clothing

Basic Foods: Groceries

Fruits and Vegetables

Around Town

Getting Around

Setting the Table

A Colorful World

Common Animals

In the Wild

Jobs and Careers

Everyday Tech

Describing people (tânăr, bătrân, înalt)

Asking when and why (când, de ce, care)

Hello and goodbye (bună ziua, la revedere)

Coming and going (intra, sta, trece)

Where is it? (sub, lângă, între)

Knowing and thinking (știu că, cred că)

Sorry, welcome, congratulations (îmi pare rău, la mulți ani)

Introducing yourself (mă numesc, sunt din România)

How much and how many (puțin, prea, doar)

Can and may (pot merge, pot să merg)

If and whether (dacă)

At school and university

Irregular verbs in the present (vrea, lua, da, bea, sta)

Free time and sport

How much is it? (cât costă, câți, câte)

Before and after (înainte, după, până)

At the doctor (mă doare)

Meals of the day (micul dejun, prânzul, cina)

At the restaurant

Ability and permission (a putea să)

Obligation and necessity (trebuie să)

Desires and intentions (a vrea să)

Impersonal statements (se)

Adverbs of frequency (adesea, uneori)

Conjunctions for reasons and links (pentru că, deci)

Stressed accusative pronouns (pe mine, pe tine)

Indefinite pronouns (cineva, ceva)

Negative pronouns and double negation (nimeni, nimic)

The past tense auxiliary (am, ai, a)

The past tense (am, ai, a)

Regular past participles (-at, -it)

Regular past participles (-ut, -s, -t)

Negative past tense (nu am)

Question	Answer
aware	conștient
social	social
The student is aware of the fact that the social experiment is fake.	Studenta este conștientă de faptul că experimentul social este fals.
the conformity	conformismul
to consist in	consta în
the norm	norma
Conformity consists in the fact that some people accept the group's norm.	Conformismul constă în faptul că unii oameni acceptă norma grupului.
This group relies on the fact that the social norm is accepted by all.	Grupul acesta se bazează pe faptul că norma socială este acceptată de toți.
to imitate	imita
the exclusion	excluderea
The behavior she imitates is connected to the fact that she is afraid of social exclusion.	Comportamentul pe care ea îl imită are legătură cu faptul că se teme de excluderea socială.
the validity (soundness, correctness)	validitatea
The validity of the study depends on the fact that the participants do not imitate the researchers.	Validitatea studiului depinde de faptul că participanții nu îi imită pe cercetători.
Some boys are aware of the fact that this conformity is dangerous.	Niște băieți sunt conștienți de faptul că acest conformism este periculos.
the obedience	obediența
You might discover that obedience does not consist in the fact that people are weak.	S-ar putea să descoperiți că obediența nu constă în faptul că oamenii sunt slabi.
to derive from	deriva din
Before we leave, we might talk about the fact that obedience derives from fear.	Înainte să plecăm, s-ar putea să vorbim despre faptul că obediența derivă din frică.
This norm derives from the fact that the group wants to keep the validity of the rules.	Această normă derivă din faptul că grupul vrea să păstreze validitatea regulilor.
The exclusion derives from the fact that the group imitates the social norm.	Excluderea derivă din faptul că grupul imită norma socială.
to involve, to imply	implica
The fact that you're silent implies that you agree.	Faptul că taci implică faptul că ești de acord.
The experiment involves a group of fifty students.	Experimentul implică un grup de cincizeci de studenți.
I don't want to involve you in my problems.	Nu vreau să te implic în problemele mele.

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