Breakdown of Tată, acest vis va aduce bucurie!
tatăl
the father
acest
this
aduce
to bring
voi
will (future auxiliary; also for a guess: must be)
Questions & Answers about Tată, acest vis va aduce bucurie!
Why is tată used here to mean "Father," and does it have a special ending for calling out to someone?
In Romanian, when you call out to someone directly (the vocative case), many nouns get special endings. However, tată is an exception and usually stays exactly the same as its standard dictionary form. You just say tată to mean "Father!".
Why is it acest vis instead of visul acesta?
How is the future tense built in va aduce?
To say what "will" happen, Romanian uses a helper verb based on a vrea (to want) plus the dictionary form of the main verb. Here, va is the helper for "he/she/it" (the dream), and aduce means "to bring". Together, va aduce means "it will bring".
Why don't we say aduce o bucurie?
Just like in English, you don't always need "a" (an indefinite article) when talking about an uncountable abstract concept. The dream brings "joy" (bucurie), rather than "a joy" (o bucurie).