Learn Romanian: Îmi place filmul nou.

Îmi place filmul nou.

I like the new movie.

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Questions & Answers about Îmi place filmul nou.

Why is the verb place and not a first-person form to match "I"?

In Romanian, the verb a plăcea works like "to be pleasing". You aren't actually saying "I like the movie," you are saying "The movie is pleasing to me." Because the movie is the thing doing the pleasing, the verb place is in the "he/she/it" form (3rd person singular) to match filmul.

What does Îmi actually mean here?

Îmi is a short pronoun that means "to me". Since the movie is pleasing to you, you use this "to me" form (the dative case) instead of the regular word for "I" (eu).

Why is it filmul and not just film?

In Romanian, the word for "the" attaches to the end of the noun rather than sitting in front of it. For masculine and neuter nouns like film, that ending is usually -ul, making it filmul (the movie).

Why does nou come after filmul?

In Romanian, adjectives (describing words) almost always come after the noun they describe. So instead of the English order "the new movie", you say "the movie new" (filmul nou).