Word
Unde este autogara?
Meaning
Where is the bus station?
Part of speech
sentence
Pronunciation
Course
Breakdown of Unde este autogara?
fi
to be (sunt, ești, este, suntem, sunteți, sunt)
unde
where
autogara
the bus station
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Questions & Answers about Unde este autogara?
I thought a bus station was stație de autobuz. Why use autogară here?
In Romanian, stație de autobuz refers to a local city bus stop. Autogară is used for a bus terminal or coach station where you catch long-distance or intercity buses. If you are travelling to another town, you need the autogară.
How does the word autogară change to mean the bus station in this sentence?
The base word for a bus station is autogară, which is a feminine noun ending in -ă. To say the bus station, the final -ă is replaced by the definite article -a, making it autogara.
Since gară means train station, is autogară a compound word?
Exactly! It combines auto (related to motor vehicles) with gară (station). While gară on its own almost always refers to a railway station, adding auto- specifies that it is a station for road vehicles, specifically coaches and long-distance buses.