Breakdown of Vara începe în iunie și se termină în august.
și
and
în
in
începe
to start
se termina
to end
iunie
June
august
August
vara
the summer
Questions & Answers about Vara începe în iunie și se termină în august.
Why does the sentence use Vara instead of vară?
In Romanian, the definite article (the word for "the") attaches to the end of the noun. The base word for summer is vară. To say "the summer", you change the final ă to an a, making it vara.
Why is there a se in front of termină?
The verb used here is a se termina (to end), which is a reflexive verb in Romanian. Literally, it translates to the summer "ends itself". The word se is the reflexive pronoun for the third person (it).
Why are the months iunie and august written in lowercase?
Unlike in English, months of the year, days of the week, and seasons are not capitalized in Romanian unless they appear at the very beginning of a sentence.
Is în the standard preposition to use with months?
Yes, just like in English where you say "in June", Romanian uses the preposition în directly before months of the year to indicate when an event happens.
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