Breakdown of Aud un zgomot ciudat, este cineva în casă?
fi
to be (sunt, ești, este, suntem, sunteți, sunt)
casa
the house
un
a / an (m/n)
în
in
Questions & Answers about Aud un zgomot ciudat, este cineva în casă?
How does the word cineva work, and does it change if I'm expecting a man or a woman?
Cineva means "someone" or "somebody." It is made by adding the suffix -va (which gives a sense of "some-" or "any-") to the question word cine (who). It is an invariable pronoun, meaning its form stays exactly the same regardless of the gender of the person you are referring to.
The English translation says "is someone", but shouldn't there be a word for "there" to make it "is there someone"?
The translation says "in the house", but casă doesn't have the definite article attached to the end. Why?
After simple prepositions of location like în (in), Romanian usually drops the definite article if the noun is used in a general sense. În casă simply means "indoors" or "inside." If you wanted to specify a particular house, you would use the definite article -a and add more information, like în casa vecinului (in the neighbor's house).
What gender is the noun zgomot, and how does that affect the adjective ciudat?