Word
O treime din populație locuiește în capitală.
Meaning
A third of the population lives in the capital.
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Breakdown of O treime din populație locuiește în capitală.
o
a / an (f)
în
in
locui
to live
din
from / out of / in (located in, after a noun)
Questions & Answers about O treime din populație locuiește în capitală.
How is the word treime (third) formed from the number three?
You take the base number trei (three) and add the suffix -ime. This suffix turns numbers into fractional nouns. Because these nouns are feminine, it takes the feminine indefinite article o to mean 'a third' (o treime).
Why do we use din for 'of' instead of the genitive case here?
When you are talking about a part of a larger whole (like a fraction, a percentage, or words like 'half'), Romanian uses the preposition din (out of / from). The genitive case is used for possession, but for parts of a whole, you always use din, as in o treime din populație.
Why doesn't the word capitală have a definite article at the end, if the translation says 'the capital'?
After the preposition în (in), Romanian usually drops the definite article if the noun is a general location and isn't followed by an adjective or possession. So, 'in the capital' translates simply as în capitală instead of în capitala.
What is the infinitive of the verb locuiește and how does it match the subject here?
The infinitive is a locui (to live/reside). It is a regular verb ending in '-i' that takes the -esc suffix in the present tense. Here it is in the third-person singular form to agree with the singular noun o treime (a third).