Learn Romanian: Pisica bea laptele. - The cat drinks the milk.

Pisica bea laptele.

The cat drinks the milk.

Breakdown of Pisica bea laptele.

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Questions & Answers about Pisica bea laptele.

Why is "the cat" written as one word, pisica?

In Romanian, the word for "the" (the definite article) is attached to the end of the noun instead of coming as a separate word before it. The base word for cat is pisică. To say "the cat", the final -ă changes to -a, making it pisica.

What is the base word for "the milk" (laptele)?

The base word is lapte (milk). Just like with the cat, Romanian adds "the" to the end of the word. For masculine and neuter nouns that already end in -e, you add -le to mean "the", which gives us laptele.

If I wanted to say "The cat drinks milk" in general, how would the sentence change?

You would simply remove the "the" ending from the milk. The sentence would become Pisica bea lapte. You use laptele only when talking about a specific bowl or amount of milk, exactly like in English.

Is bea the dictionary form of the verb?

The dictionary form (the infinitive) is a bea (to drink). The word bea in this sentence is the conjugated form used for "he, she, or it drinks".