Breakdown of La micul dejun mănânc pâine cu unt.
mânca
to eat
cu
with
la
at / to
pâinea
the bread
untul
the butter
micul dejun
the breakfast
Questions & Answers about La micul dejun mănânc pâine cu unt.
Why is "For breakfast" translated as La micul dejun?
In Romanian, meals take the preposition la (at). So literally, you are saying "At the breakfast". You will also use this with lunch (la prânz) and dinner (la cină).
What is the literal meaning of micul dejun?
It literally means "the small morning meal" (borrowed from the French "petit déjeuner"). Micul is the adjective mic (small) with the masculine definite article -ul (the) attached to it.
Why is the definite article attached to the adjective (micul) instead of the noun?
Why don't pâine (bread) or unt (butter) have any articles?
Just like in English, when you are talking about an uncountable amount of food in a general sense (eating bread and butter, not the bread and the butter), you don't use definite articles. You just use the base words.
Why does mănânc have two different letters with hats (ă and â)?
They represent two different vowels. The ă sounds like the relaxed "uh" at the end of "sofa". The â is a deeper sound made further back in your mouth, which doesn't have an exact English equivalent but sounds a bit like the "oo" in "book" but with unrounded lips.
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