Breakdown of Capul meu este mic.
fi
to be (sunt, ești, este, suntem, sunteți, sunt)
mic
small
meu
my [mea, mei, mele]
capul
the head
Questions & Answers about Capul meu este mic.
Why does the sentence use capul (the head) instead of just cap (head) if the English translation is just "My head"?
In Romanian, when you use a possessive word like meu (my), the noun before it needs a definite article attached to it. The suffix -ul is the definite article (the equivalent of "the") for this noun. So, instead of saying "head my", you literally say "the-head my" (capul meu).
Why is meu placed after capul?
Unlike in English, Romanian possessive words like meu (my), tău (your), and nostru (our) normally come right after the noun they belong to.
Why do we use meu and mic instead of their feminine forms, mea and mică?
The word cap is a neuter noun. In Romanian, neuter nouns follow a special rule: they act like masculine nouns when they are singular, and like feminine nouns when they are plural. Since we are only talking about one head here, the describing words meu and mic must take their masculine singular forms.