Word
Ursul mare doarme iarna.
Meaning
The big bear sleeps in the winter.
Part of speech
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Questions & Answers about Ursul mare doarme iarna.
Where is the word for "the" in this sentence?
Why is the order ursul mare instead of mare ursul?
Adjectives (describing words) almost always come after the noun they describe in Romanian. So instead of saying "the big bear", the sentence literally says "the bear big" (ursul mare).
The dictionary says "to sleep" is a dormi. Why is it spelled doarme here?
The translation says "in the winter", but where is the Romanian word for "in"?
You do not actually need a word for "in" here! In Romanian, you can talk about something happening during a season by simply using its definite form. Iarnă is winter, and iarna literally means "the winter", but in this context it acts as a time word meaning "in winter" or "during the winter".