Ea ridică mâna stângă.

Breakdown of Ea ridică mâna stângă.

ea
she
mâna
the hand
stâng
left
ridica
to raise

Questions & Answers about Ea ridică mâna stângă.

Why does the Romanian sentence use mâna (the hand) instead of a word for "her" hand?
In Romanian, it is very common to use the definite article (the "the" form) for body parts instead of possessive words like "her" or "my". Because she is the one doing the action, it is naturally understood that she is raising her own hand.
How does the ending work on mâna?
The base dictionary word is mână (hand), which is a feminine noun. To say "the hand", you replace the final -ă with -a, making it mâna.
Why does the word for "left" (stângă) come after the word for "hand"?
In Romanian, descriptive adjectives almost always come after the noun they describe. You literally say "the hand left".
Why does stângă end in -ă?
Adjectives change their endings to match the noun's gender. Because mână is a feminine noun, the masculine dictionary form stâng gets the feminine -ă ending to become stângă.

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