Breakdown of Călătoria este scumpă, dar interesantă.
fi
to be (sunt, ești, este, suntem, sunteți, sunt)
dar
but
scump
expensive
interesant
interesting
călătoria
the journey
Questions & Answers about Călătoria este scumpă, dar interesantă.
Why is it călătoria and not just călătorie?
The dictionary form for "journey" is călătorie. In Romanian, the definite article (the word for "the") attaches to the end of the noun. For feminine nouns ending in -ie, you drop the -e and add -a to make it călătoria (the journey).
Why do scumpă and interesantă end in -ă?
Adjectives in Romanian must match the gender of the noun they describe. Because călătoria is a feminine noun, the adjectives take the feminine singular ending -ă. Their base dictionary forms (used for masculine nouns) are scump and interesant.
Could I use iar instead of dar to say "but" in this sentence?
No, dar is the correct choice here. You use dar when contrasting two qualities of the same subject (the journey is expensive, but interesting). The word iar is used to contrast two different subjects, similar to "whereas" or "while" in English (for example: "The journey is expensive, iar the hotel is cheap").
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