Breakdown of Nu pot să găsesc aplicația pe telefon.
telefonul
the phone
nu
no / not
pe
on
putea
can / to be able to
să
to (subjunctive marker)
găsi
to find
aplicația
the application
Questions & Answers about Nu pot să găsesc aplicația pe telefon.
Why is there a să before găsesc?
In Romanian, you usually do not use the infinitive (dictionary form) after verbs like a putea (can). Instead, you use the connecting word să followed by a conjugated verb. This literally translates to 'I cannot that I find.'
How do we know who is doing the finding?
The verb ending tells you. Găsesc is the 'I' form of the verb a găsi (to find). Unlike English, where we say 'I can find', in Romanian both the first verb (pot) and the second verb (găsesc) must be conjugated to match the person doing the action.
Where is the word 'the' in aplicația?
It is attached to the very end of the word! The base word for 'application' is the feminine noun aplicație. To say 'the application', Romanian adds the definite article to the end, turning it into aplicația.
The translation says 'on the phone', but telefon doesn't have 'the' attached to it. Why not?
In Romanian, when a noun comes directly after a short preposition like pe (on), în (in), or la (at), it usually drops its definite article (the 'the' ending). So you just say pe telefon (literally 'on phone'), even though it means 'on the phone'.
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