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Questions & Answers about Îți place sportul?
Why does this use îți instead of tu for "you"?
Why is the verb place instead of the "you" form?
Because "you" are not the one doing the action in the Romanian sentence! The subject of the sentence is actually sportul (the sport). Since "the sport" is an "it", we use the "he/she/it" form of the verb, which is place.
Why is the word sportul (the sport) used here instead of just sport?
In Romanian, when you talk about liking things in general, you usually add the definite article ("the"). So, even if you mean "Do you like sports?" in a general sense, you use the articulated form sportul (the sport).
Is the word order different because it is a question?
No, the word order is exactly the same as the statement Îți place sportul. (You like the sport). In Romanian, you can turn a statement into a question simply by raising your voice at the end and adding a question mark.