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Bună ziua! Sunt profesorul.

Bună ziua! Sunt profesorul.
Hello! I am the teacher.
From Lesson 19:Hello and goodbye (bună ziua, la revedere)·Romanian

Questions & Answers about Bună ziua! Sunt profesorul.

"Bună ziua" translates to "Hello" here, but what do the individual words actually mean?
Literally, it means "Good day!" Bună is the feminine form of "good", and ziua means "the day". It is the most common way to say a polite hello during the daytime in Romanian.
Where is the word for "I" in the second sentence?
Romanian often drops subject pronouns like eu ("I") because the verb itself tells you who is speaking. Sunt means "I am", so adding eu isn't necessary unless you want to add special emphasis.
How does profesorul mean "the teacher"? Where is the word for "the"?
Unlike English, Romanian attaches the word for "the" (called a definite article) to the end of the noun. The base word is profesor (male teacher). Adding the ending -ul turns it into profesorul ("the teacher").
If sunt means "I am", can it also mean something else?
Yes! The verb a fi (to be) is unique in Romanian because sunt means both "I am" and "they are". You can easily tell it means "I am" here because the speaker is introducing themselves, and profesorul is a singular person.

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