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Un câine mare fuge pe stradă.

Un câine mare fuge pe stradă.
A big dog runs on the street.
From Lesson 20:Accusative prepositions (în, la, pe, din, cu)·Romanian

Breakdown of Un câine mare fuge pe stradă.

câinele
the dog
un
a / an (m/n)
mare
big
fugi
to run
pe
on
strada
the street

Questions & Answers about Un câine mare fuge pe stradă.

Why is it pe stradă instead of pe strada (on the street)?
In Romanian, when a singular noun follows a simple preposition like pe (on), în (in), or la (at), it usually drops its definite article ("the"). So, while we say "on the street" in English, Romanian simply says pe stradă (literally "on street").
The word câine ends in "-e". Does that make it a feminine noun?
Not in this case! While many feminine words do end in "-e" or "-ă", câine is masculine. You can tell because it uses the masculine word for "a" or "an", which is un. Another common masculine word ending in "-e" is frate (brother).
Why is the word for "big" (mare) placed after the word for "dog" (câine)?
In Romanian, adjectives almost always come directly after the noun they describe. Instead of "a big dog", the word order is "a dog big" (un câine mare).
Does fuge mean "runs" or "is running"?
It means both! Romanian doesn't have a separate continuous tense like English does. Depending on the context, fuge can be translated as "runs" (a general habit) or "is running" (happening right now).

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