Breakdown of Genunchiul tău este murdar.
fi
to be (sunt, ești, este, suntem, sunteți, sunt)
murdar
dirty
tău
your (sg.) [ta, tăi, tale]
genunchiul
the knee
Questions & Answers about Genunchiul tău este murdar.
Why does the sentence use Genunchiul (the knee) instead of just genunchi if the translation is "your knee"?
In Romanian, when you use a possessive word like tău (your), the noun it belongs to must have the definite article (the "the" ending) attached to it. You are literally saying "the-knee your".
How does the ending -ul work on Genunchiul?
The base word for "knee" is genunchi, which is a masculine noun. To add the definite article meaning "the", masculine singular nouns usually take the ending -ul. We add it directly to the end of the word to make genunchiul.
Why does tău (your) come after the noun instead of before it?
In Romanian, possessive words like tău (your) or meu (my) almost always come right after the noun they describe, which is the exact opposite of English word order.
Why do we use murdar instead of the feminine form murdară?
Adjectives in Romanian must match the noun they describe. Because genunchi is a masculine noun and we are talking about just one knee, the adjective must stay in its masculine singular form, murdar.
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