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Bărbatul și mașina sunt aici.

Bărbatul și mașina sunt aici.
The man and the car are here.
From Lesson 2:Feminine definite articles (-a, -ua)·Romanian

Questions & Answers about Bărbatul și mașina sunt aici.

Why is the word for car spelled mașina here instead of mașină?
The dictionary word for car is mașină. To say "the car", we attach the definite article to the end of the word. For feminine nouns ending in -ă, we drop the -ă and replace it with -a, making it mașina.
Why does bărbatul end in -ul while mașina ends in -a? Both mean "the"!
Romanian definite articles attach to the end of the noun and change depending on the noun's gender. Bărbat is a masculine noun, so it takes the masculine ending -ul. Mașină is a feminine noun, so it takes the feminine ending -a.
I remember learning that sunt means "I am". Why is it used for "the man and the car"?
The verb sunt is special because it means both "I am" and "they are"! Since bărbatul and mașina are joined by și (and), they form a plural subject (they), so we use the "they are" translation of sunt.

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