Word
Numele lui este pe bilet.
Meaning
His name is on the ticket.
Part of speech
sentence
Pronunciation
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Breakdown of Numele lui este pe bilet.
fi
to be (sunt, ești, este, suntem, sunteți, sunt)
pe
on
biletul
the ticket
lui
his, its
Questions & Answers about Numele lui este pe bilet.
Why does the sentence say Numele lui instead of putting "his" before the noun?
In Romanian, possessive words like lui (his) come right after the noun. When you do this, the noun must also have "the" attached to the end of it. So, instead of "his name", you literally say "the-name his" (Numele lui).
Will lui change if the thing he owns is feminine or plural?
No, and that is the best part about lui! It is invariable. This means it always stays as lui to mean "his", regardless of the gender or number of the object he owns. For example, cartea lui (his book) and banii lui (his money) use the exact same word.
How does the word nume (name) become numele?
To say "the name", Romanian attaches the definite article to the end of the word. For nouns ending in -e like nume, the attached word for "the" is often -le. So, nume (name) becomes numele (the name).
Why is it pe bilet and not pe biletul if the English translation says "on the ticket"?
In Romanian, you normally drop the definite article ("the") after simple prepositions like pe (on), în (in), and sub (under). So even though we mean "on the ticket", we just say pe bilet.