Breakdown of Dumneavoastră mergeți la poștă astăzi?
merge
to go / to run (of a machine)
la
at / to
dumneavoastră
you (formal)
astăzi
today
poșta
the post office / the mail / the postal service
Questions & Answers about Dumneavoastră mergeți la poștă astăzi?
Why is the verb mergeți in the plural form if the translation is just "Are you going"?
Dumneavoastră is the polite, formal way to say "you" in Romanian. Whenever you use Dumneavoastră, even if you are only speaking to one person, you must use the plural form of the verb (mergeți) to show respect.
Why isn't there a word for "Are" or "Do" at the beginning of this question?
In Romanian, you don't need extra helper words like "do" or "are" to ask a question. You just use the normal sentence order and turn it into a question by raising your tone of voice at the end, or by adding a question mark in writing.
The translation says "to the post office," but poștă just means "post office." Where is the word for "the"?
After the preposition la (which means "to" or "at"), Romanian usually drops the definite article ("the") when referring to a general destination. So, you just say la poștă instead of attaching "the" to the end of the word. You do the same thing with places like la școală (to school) or la muncă (to work).
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