Breakdown of Suceava este în nordul României.
fi
to be (sunt, ești, este, suntem, sunteți, sunt)
în
in
România
Romania
nordul
the north
Questions & Answers about Suceava este în nordul României.
Why does the word for Romania change to României in this sentence?
This is the genitive case, which is used to express possession or mean "of" something. For feminine nouns ending in -ia like România, the ending changes to -iei to mean "of Romania".
Why is it nordul instead of just nord?
nordul means "the north". Just like in English, we say "in the north". Because nord is a neuter noun, its definite article is -ul, which gets attached directly to the end of the word.
I learned that the preposition în takes the accusative case. Why is there a genitive word here?
You are correct about în! It applies to the word right after it, nordul, which is in the accusative form. The word României is in the genitive case because it attaches to nordul to mean "the north of Romania", not because of the preposition în.
Can I say la nord de România instead?
Not if you mean Suceava is inside Romania. în nordul României means it is located inside the northern part of the country. la nord de România means "to the north of Romania", describing a place completely outside the country's borders.
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