Word
Supermarketul are o parcare mare.
Meaning
The supermarket has a big parking lot.
Part of speech
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Questions & Answers about Supermarketul are o parcare mare.
Why is the word for 'the' attached to the end of Supermarketul?
In Romanian, the definite article (the word for 'the') attaches to the end of the noun. Because supermarket is a neuter noun ending in a consonant, it takes the ending -ul to become supermarketul (the supermarket).
Does are mean the same thing as the English word 'are'?
No, they just look alike! In Romanian, are is the 'he/she/it' form of the verb a avea (to have). Here, it translates to 'has' because the supermarket is an 'it'.
Why is it o parcare mare instead of o mare parcare?
In Romanian, descriptive adjectives like mare (big) almost always come after the noun they describe. You literally say 'a parking lot big'.
Parcare is a feminine noun. Does the adjective mare need a special feminine ending?
No, mare stays exactly the same here! While many Romanian adjectives change endings based on gender, adjectives that end in -e in their basic form (like mare) are identical for masculine, feminine, and neuter singular nouns.