Questions & Answers about Copilul intră în școală.
Why is 'the child' written as one word, Copilul?
In Romanian, the word for 'the' (the definite article) attaches to the end of the noun instead of being a separate word in front. Copil means child, and adding -ul makes it copilul, meaning the child.
The translation says 'goes into', but doesn't intră just mean 'enters'?
Yes, intră literally means enters. In Romanian, you don't usually say 'goes into' using the verb for to go (a merge). Instead, you use a intra to express going inside a place.
Why is the preposition în used here if intră already means 'enters'?
Unlike in English where you can just say 'enters the school', Romanian requires the preposition în (in or into) after the verb a intra. You are literally saying the child enters into the school.
The English translation says 'the school', so why isn't it școala instead of școală?
This is a very common Romanian rule: when a noun comes directly after a simple preposition like în (in/into), pe (on), or la (at), it usually drops its 'the' ending. Even though we understand it as 'the school', Romanian just uses the basic indefinite word școală here.
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