Breakdown of Adresa ei este aici.
fi
to be (sunt, ești, este, suntem, sunteți, sunt)
aici
here
ei
her
adresa
the address
Questions & Answers about Adresa ei este aici.
Why does ei come after the noun, unlike in English where we say "her address"?
In Romanian, possessive words like ei (her) almost always come after the noun they describe. You are literally saying "the address her".
Why is the word for address adresa here instead of just adresă?
Adresa means "the address", with the definite word "the" attached to the end as -a. In Romanian, when you use a possessive like ei (her), the noun it belongs to must have this definite article attached.
If she had multiple addresses, or if the object she owned was masculine, would ei change?
No! This is what makes 3rd-person possessives (lui for his, ei for her, lor for their) so easy. The word ei only tells us that the owner is a woman. It stays exactly the same no matter what she owns.
Doesn't ei also mean "they"?
Yes, it is exactly the same word! Ei can mean "they" (for a group of men or a mixed group) when it's the subject of a sentence, or it can mean "her" when used to show possession. Because it comes right after a noun here (adresa), you know it means "her".
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