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Omul trebuie să facă acest lucru așa.

Omul trebuie să facă acest lucru așa.
The man must do this thing like this.
From Lesson 42:Third-person subjunctive (să)·Romanian

Questions & Answers about Omul trebuie să facă acest lucru așa.

Why is the verb să facă instead of să face?
This is the core of your current lesson! When using să (the subjunctive form), the 3rd-person form (he/she/it) often changes its ending. For the verb a face (to do/make), "he does" is normally face, but after să it changes to să facă.
Does the verb trebuie (must) change its ending to match omul (the man)?
No, trebuie is special because it doesn't change forms depending on who is doing the action. It literally means "it is necessary". The Romanian sentence structure is actually "The man it-is-necessary that he do...".
Where is the word for "the" in omul?
In Romanian, the word for "the" attaches to the end of the noun instead of being a separate word. The base word for "man" or "human" is om. Adding the masculine ending -ul to it gives us omul ("the man").
Why does acest come before lucru, and why doesn't lucru have a "the" ending?
The word acest (this) usually goes before the noun. When it is placed in front, the noun stays in its simple, dictionary form without the attached "the" ending. That's why we say acest lucru (this thing) and never acest lucrul.

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