Breakdown of El are un câine frumos.
câinele
the dog
un
a / an (m/n)
el
he
avea
to have
frumos
beautiful / beautifully
Questions & Answers about El are un câine frumos.
Why does frumos come after câine?
In Romanian, adjectives almost always come after the noun they describe. So instead of saying 'a beautiful dog', you say 'a dog beautiful' (un câine frumos).
Would frumos change if the sentence was about a cat (pisică) instead of a dog?
Yes! Adjectives have to match the gender of the noun they describe. câine is masculine, so we use the masculine adjective frumos. If it were a feminine noun like pisică (cat), the adjective would change to the feminine form: o pisică frumoasă.
Does the ending of câine tell us it is masculine?
I remember 'am' means 'have'. Why do we use are here?
am is used when saying 'I have' (eu am). Because the subject here is 'he' (el), the verb changes its form to match. 'He has' translates to el are.
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