Breakdown of Vântul este rece noaptea.
fi
to be (sunt, ești, este, suntem, sunteți, sunt)
noaptea
the night / at night
rece
cold
vântul
the wind
Questions & Answers about Vântul este rece noaptea.
Why is 'the wind' translated as one word, vântul, instead of two?
In Romanian, the word for 'the' (the definite article) attaches to the end of the noun instead of being a separate word in front of it. The base word for 'wind' is vânt, and adding -ul makes it vântul (the wind).
Would the word rece change if the noun was feminine?
No, rece is part of a special group of Romanian adjectives that end in -e. These adjectives have the exact same form for masculine, feminine, and neuter nouns in the singular. So it is always rece for 'cold' as long as you are talking about just one thing.
The word noaptea literally means 'the night', so why does the sentence translate it as 'at night'?
In Romanian, time words with a definite article attached to them (like noaptea for 'the night' or ziua for 'the day') are frequently used to mean 'during the night' or 'during the day'. Because of this, noaptea does double duty as both 'the night' and 'at night' depending on the context.
Don't Romanian adjectives usually go immediately after the noun?
You are right that adjectives usually follow the noun they describe to make a phrase (like vântul rece for 'the cold wind'). However, in this sentence, rece is separated by the verb este (is). Just like in English ('The wind is cold'), the adjective comes after the verb when you are stating what something is.