Learn Romanian: Bărbatul pune jacheta pe pat. - The man puts the jacket on the bed.

Bărbatul pune jacheta pe pat.

The man puts the jacket on the bed.

Breakdown of Bărbatul pune jacheta pe pat.

to put / to pose (a question)

Questions & Answers about Bărbatul pune jacheta pe pat.

Why is "the man" written as bărbatul instead of having a separate word for "the"?

In Romanian, the word for "the" (the definite article) attaches to the end of the noun instead of coming before it. For masculine words like bărbat (man), you usually add -ul to the end, making it bărbatul (the man).

How does the word for "the" work for jacheta?

Jachetă (jacket) is a feminine noun that ends in -ă. To say "the jacket", that final -ă simply changes to an -a, giving us jacheta.

The English translation says "on the bed", but pat doesn't have an article attached to it. Why?

After simple prepositions like pe (on), în (in), or la (at/to), Romanian usually drops the definite article if the noun stands alone. So you just say pe pat (literally "on bed") even though in English we say "on the bed".

What is the dictionary form of the verb pune?

The base form is a pune (to put). Here it is conjugated for the third person (he/she/it) in the present tense, which is just pune.