Breakdown of Această bijuterie este mai scumpă decât mașina mea.
fi
to be (sunt, ești, este, suntem, sunteți, sunt)
mașina
the car
scump
expensive
meu
my [mea, mei, mele]
această
this
mai
more / still (adverb)
decât
than
bijuteria
the piece of jewelry
Questions & Answers about Această bijuterie este mai scumpă decât mașina mea.
Why is it Această bijuterie instead of Bijuteria aceasta?
Both mean "this piece of jewelry" and are perfectly correct. When the demonstrative word goes before the noun, like această, the noun doesn't take a definite article at the end. If you put it after the noun for emphasis, the noun needs the definite article, becoming bijuteria aceasta.
Does Romanian have a specific word for "jewelry" in general, or is it always countable?
Why do we use decât for "than" here? Can I use ca?
You must use decât here because you are expressing an inequality (one thing is more expensive than another). Ca is used for equality, like when saying things are "as expensive as" (la fel de scump ca).
Why does mașina have an -a at the end before the word mea?
In Romanian, when you use a possessive adjective like mea (my), the noun it belongs to must have a definite article attached to it. So, mașină (car) becomes mașina (the car) before you can add mea.
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