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Femeia urăște ziarul vechi.

Femeia urăște ziarul vechi.
The woman hates the old newspaper.
From Lesson 15:Present tense of -i and -î verbs with suffix (-esc / -ăsc)·Romanian

Breakdown of Femeia urăște ziarul vechi.

femeia
the woman
ziarul
the newspaper
vechi
old
urî
to hate

Questions & Answers about Femeia urăște ziarul vechi.

Why is the verb urăște instead of urește?
The base verb is a urî (to hate). For Conjugation 4 verbs that end in -î, we use the -ăsc set of suffixes instead of the -esc set. For the 'ea' (she) form, the suffix is -ăște, combining to make urăște.
How do the words femeia and ziarul include the word 'the'?
In Romanian, 'the' is attached to the end of the noun. For the feminine noun femeie (woman), the final 'e' is replaced by -a to make femeia. For the neuter noun ziar (newspaper), we add -ul to get ziarul.
Doesn't the adjective vechi end in an 'i', making it plural?
Not in this case! Vechi (old) is an adjective where the singular masculine and neuter form naturally ends in an 'i'. Because ziar is a singular neuter noun, it uses this form. It just happens to look like a plural word.
Why does vechi come after ziarul?
In Romanian, descriptive adjectives almost always come directly after the noun they modify. So instead of 'the old newspaper', you literally say 'the newspaper old' (ziarul vechi).

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