Breakdown of Vacanța lor este în luna martie.
fi
to be (sunt, ești, este, suntem, sunteți, sunt)
în
in
vacanța
the vacation
lor
their
Questions & Answers about Vacanța lor este în luna martie.
Why does lor come after Vacanța?
In Romanian, possessive words like lor (their), meu (my), or tău (your) almost always come after the noun they describe. So instead of saying 'their vacation', you say the equivalent of 'the vacation theirs'.
Why does the sentence use Vacanța instead of just Vacanță?
Vacanță means 'a vacation', while Vacanța with the -a at the end means 'the vacation'. In Romanian, when you use a possessive word like lor (their) after a noun, that noun must have the definite article (the 'the' form) attached to it.
Do I have to say în luna martie or can I just say în martie?
You can absolutely just say în martie! Both are perfectly correct and widely used. Adding luna just makes it literally mean 'in the month of March', which is a very common way to express dates in Romanian.
Why isn't martie capitalized?
Unlike in English, months of the year, days of the week, and seasons are not capitalized in Romanian unless they are the very first word of a sentence.