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Ea vizitează o mătușă a lor.

Ea vizitează o mătușă a lor.
She visits an aunt of theirs.
From Lesson 27:Possessive articles (al, a, ai, ale)·Romanian

Questions & Answers about Ea vizitează o mătușă a lor.

Why do we need the word a before lor?
Because mătușă (aunt) uses the indefinite article o (an). When you want to say "an aunt of theirs", Romanian requires a linking word to connect the noun and the possessive. Since mătușă is a feminine singular noun, the linking word is a.
Why use lor here?
lor means "their" or "theirs". It shows that the aunt belongs to a group of people, not just to the woman visiting (ea). If she were visiting her own aunt, it would be o mătușă a ei.
Does the word lor change if she visits an uncle instead?
The word lor (theirs) never changes form. But the linking article a does change to match the noun. Since uncle (unchi) is masculine, "an uncle of theirs" would be un unchi al lor.
Do I always need a linking article like a when using lor?
You only need it if the noun is indefinite (uses "a/an" or no article). If you wanted to say "their aunt" using the definite article "the" attached to the end of the noun (mătușa), you drop the linking word completely and just say mătușa lor.

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