Breakdown of Femeia merge la adresa lor.
femeia
the woman
merge
to go / to run (of a machine)
la
at / to
adresa
the address
lor
their
Questions & Answers about Femeia merge la adresa lor.
Why do we use "lor" for "their", and does it change depending on the word "adresă"?
The word lor is an invariable possessive pronoun, which means it never changes its form. Whether the noun it describes is masculine, feminine, singular, or plural, you will always use lor for "their".
Why is it "adresa" with an "a" at the end, instead of just "adresă"?
In Romanian, when you put a possessive word like lor after a noun, that noun must have the definite article (the word for "the") attached to its end. So you are literally saying "the address their" (adresa lor).
I learned before that words after the preposition "la" usually don't take the definite article. Why does "adresa" have one here?
That is a great catch! You are right that normally we say things like la școală (to school) without the definite article. However, adding a possessive like lor forces the noun to take the definite article anyway. The rule for possessives is stronger than the rule for la.
How would I say she goes to "his" address or "her" address?
You would just replace lor with the other invariable possessives. Use lui for "his" (la adresa lui) and ei for "her" (la adresa ei). Just like lor, they don't change based on the noun.
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