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Fata nu mănâncă merele.

Fata nu mănâncă merele.
The girl does not eat the apples.
From Lesson 12:Present tense of regular -a verbs·Romanian

Breakdown of Fata nu mănâncă merele.

fata
the girl
nu
no / not
mânca
to eat
mărul
the apple

Questions & Answers about Fata nu mănâncă merele.

The lesson is about regular -a verbs. What is the infinitive (dictionary form) of mănâncă?
The dictionary form is a mânca (to eat). For regular -a verbs, the 'he/she/it' form usually takes the ending -ă. Notice that the vowels inside the stem change slightly (mânca becomes mănâncă) — this is a very common type of spelling change in Romanian verbs!
Why does fata end in -a when the dictionary word for girl is fată?
In Romanian, the word for 'the' attaches to the end of the noun. For feminine words ending in -ă (like fată), you drop the -ă and add -a to make it definite. So, fată (a girl) becomes fata (the girl).
How does the negative work here? Do I need a helper word like 'does' or 'do'?
No helper words are needed! Making a sentence negative in Romanian is very straightforward. You just put nu (not) directly in front of the verb. So mănâncă (eats) simply becomes nu mănâncă (does not eat).
How do we build the word merele (the apples)?
The singular word for apple is măr. Its plural form is mere (apples). To say 'the apples', Romanian attaches the plural definite article -le to the end of the word, creating merele.

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