Breakdown of Florăria la care mergem este pe strada mea.
fi
to be (sunt, ești, este, suntem, sunteți, sunt)
merge
to go / to run (of a machine)
pe
on
la
at / to
strada
the street
meu
my [mea, mei, mele]
care
which / who / that (relative pronoun)
florăria
the flower shop
Questions & Answers about Florăria la care mergem este pe strada mea.
Why is the preposition la placed before care, whereas in English the word "to" is at the end of the clause?
In Romanian, you cannot end a clause with a preposition. You must use the structure of preposition followed by a relative pronoun. Therefore, "the shop we go to" literally becomes "the shop to which we go", giving us florăria la care mergem.
Normally, nouns lose their definite article after prepositions like pe. Why does strada keep its definite article here in pe strada mea?
When a noun is followed by a possessive adjective like mea, it must take the definite article, even after prepositions that usually drop it. Without the possessive it would just be pe stradă, but because you are specifying it is yours, it becomes pe strada mea.
The word florăria contains the suffix -ărie. Is this a standard pattern for naming stores?
Could I use în instead of la for going to the flower shop?
For public establishments, shops, and institutions, Romanian strongly prefers la for expressing destination. You would use în only if you specifically need to emphasize physically stepping inside the building, but mergem la florărie is the standard, natural way to express going to the shop.
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