Breakdown of El vorbește româna perfect.
el
he
vorbi
to speak
româna
the Romanian language
perfect
perfect / perfectly
Questions & Answers about El vorbește româna perfect.
Why does the sentence use perfect instead of an adverb form like perfectly?
If the subject were feminine, would perfect change to perfectă?
Why is it româna ending in -a instead of just română?
The word româna has the definite article -a attached to the end, literally meaning the Romanian language. While you can say El vorbește română without the article, using the definite form is very natural when evaluating someone's overall mastery of the language as a whole.
Could I change the word order and say El vorbește perfect româna?
Yes, absolutely! Romanian word order is quite flexible. Placing perfect at the very end puts a bit more emphasis on the perfection itself, whereas placing it right after the verb focuses more closely on the action of speaking. Both sound completely natural.