Learn Romanian: Pasărea cântă dimineața devreme. - The bird sings early in the morning.

Pasărea cântă dimineața devreme.

The bird sings early in the morning.

Breakdown of Pasărea cântă dimineața devreme.

cânta

to sing / to play (music), perform

devreme

early

dimineața

the morning / in the morning

pasărea

the bird

Questions & Answers about Pasărea cântă dimineața devreme.

How do you say 'the' in pasărea (the bird)?

In Romanian, words for 'the' attach to the end of the noun. The base word for bird is pasăre, which is a feminine word. To say 'the bird', you just add -a to the end, making it pasărea.

Does cântă only mean 'it sings'?

Here it means 'it sings', but cântă is also the form for 'they sing'. For many Romanian verbs, the 'he/she/it' form and the 'they' form are exactly the same. You rely on the subject, which is pasărea in this sentence, to know exactly who is doing the singing.

Why is there no word for 'in' before dimineața?

In Romanian, you often don't need a word for 'in' when talking about parts of the day. By taking the base word dimineață (morning) and changing the end to make it dimineața (the morning), it automatically translates to 'in the morning'.

Why is the word order dimineața devreme instead of the other way around?

Romanian usually puts specific time details right after the general time period they describe. So instead of saying 'early in the morning' like in English, you say 'in the morning early' (dimineața devreme).