Questions & Answers about Acest cizmar repară cizme și pantofi.
I notice cizme means "boots" and cizmar means "cobbler". Is the word for cobbler based on the word for boot?
Why is it Acest cizmar instead of Acesta cizmar?
When the demonstrative adjective for "this" comes before the noun, you use the short form acest for masculine singular nouns. The noun also stays in its basic, indefinite form. If you want to put "this" after the noun, you must use the long form acesta and add the definite article to the noun, making it cizmarul acesta. Both mean exactly the same thing.
Does the verb a repara take the -ez suffix in the present tense?
No, a repara (to repair) is a regular verb ending in "-a" that conjugates without the -ez suffix. The present tense forms are eu repar, tu repari, and el/ea repară.
Why don't cizme and pantofi have articles at the end?
Because the cobbler is repairing boots and shoes in general, not specific ones that were already mentioned. Just like in English, Romanian does not use definite articles for general, indefinite plural direct objects. If he were repairing "the boots," it would be cizmele.