Breakdown of Ceea ce spui tu dovedește adevărul.
tu
you
spune
to say / to recite
adevărul
the truth
ceea ce
that which / what (relative)
dovedi
to prove
Questions & Answers about Ceea ce spui tu dovedește adevărul.
Why do we use ceea ce here instead of just ce?
While both can translate to "what" in English, ce is generally used for direct questions. Ceea ce translates better to "that which" or "the thing that". It is used to refer back to a whole idea or action. Here, it bundles up the entire idea of "what you are saying" so it can act as the subject of the second half of the sentence.
Why is tu included after the verb spui? Doesn't the verb already tell us it means "you"?
Yes, spui on its own means "you are saying". Adding tu adds emphasis, making it sound like "What you are saying" (as opposed to what someone else said). Placing the subject pronoun after the verb is a very common way to add this kind of stress in Romanian.
What exactly is the verb dovedește (proves) agreeing with here?
It agrees with the entire first clause: Ceea ce spui tu (What you are saying). When a whole phrase or an abstract concept acts as the subject of a sentence, Romanian treats it as a third-person singular "it". Therefore, we use the "he/she/it" form of the verb a dovedi (to prove).
What type of noun is adevărul (the truth) to get that -ul ending?
The base word is adevăr (truth), which is a neuter noun. Remember that neuter nouns act like masculine nouns in the singular, which is why it takes the standard masculine singular definite article -ul at the end to mean "the truth".
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