Breakdown of Mi se pare că legenda este falsă.
fi
to be (sunt, ești, este, suntem, sunteți, sunt)
îmi
to me
că
that (conjunction)
părea
to seem
Questions & Answers about Mi se pare că legenda este falsă.
Why do we use mi se pare here to say "it seems to me"?
Se pare is an impersonal reflexive verb meaning "it seems". To specify who holds this opinion, we attach a dative pronoun. Here, mi is the short, unstressed form of "to me". The whole block acts as a fixed phrase for expressing personal opinions.
Why is the second verb este instead of the subjunctive să fie?
When mi se pare is followed by că (that), it states a perceived fact or a firm opinion, which requires the regular indicative mood (este). If you were expressing a goal or a hypothetical action, you would use a different structure with să plus the subjunctive.
How does the word legenda get its definite article?
The base dictionary word is legendă (a legend). To say "the legend", you add the feminine singular definite article -a to the end. In Romanian, when a noun ends in -ă, that vowel is simply replaced by the -a, making it legenda.
Why is the adjective falsă rather than fals?
Adjectives must match the gender and number of the noun they describe. Because legenda is a feminine singular noun, the basic masculine adjective fals adds an -ă to become the feminine form falsă.