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Bunicul nu găsește șoseta albastră.

Bunicul nu găsește șoseta albastră.
The grandfather does not find the blue sock.
From Lesson 60:Everyday Clothing·Romanian

Breakdown of Bunicul nu găsește șoseta albastră.

nu
no / not
bunicul
the grandfather
albastru
blue
găsi
to find
șoseta
the sock

Questions & Answers about Bunicul nu găsește șoseta albastră.

Why are there no separate words for "the" in this sentence?
In Romanian, the word for "the" is attached to the end of the noun instead of being a separate word before it. For the masculine word bunic (grandfather), we add -ul to get bunicul. For the feminine word șosetă (sock), the final letter changes to -a to become șoseta.
Why does the word for blue (albastră) come after the sock (șoseta)?
Unlike in English, descriptive adjectives in Romanian usually come immediately after the noun they describe. So, "the blue sock" becomes "the sock blue" (șoseta albastră).
Why is it albastră instead of the standard dictionary form albastru?
Adjectives must match the gender of the noun they describe. Since șosetă is a feminine noun, the masculine form albastru changes its ending to the feminine form albastră.
The dictionary says "to find" is a găsi. Why is the ending so long (găsește)?
Many Romanian verbs ending in -i (like a găsi) use a special pattern in the present tense where extra letters are added before the final ending. For "he/she/it finds" (referring to the grandfather), the ending is -ește, which gives us găsește.

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