Breakdown of Parfumierul a înțeles chimia parfumului.
avea
to have
înțelege
to understand
parfumul
the perfume
parfumierul
the perfumer
chimia
the chemistry
Questions & Answers about Parfumierul a înțeles chimia parfumului.
Why is it parfumului instead of using de parfum to mean "of the perfume"?
Parfumului uses the Genitive case, which is the most natural way to express possession or direct belonging in Romanian. Because parfum is a neuter noun, its definite genitive suffix is -ului.
Why is there no possessive article like a between chimia and parfumului?
You only need a possessive article (like al, a, ai, ale) if the noun being possessed is indefinite or if an adjective separates the two nouns. Here, chimia is definite (it has the -a attached) and is right next to the genitive noun, so they link directly.
The verb is a înțeles (understood). Since the infinitive is a înțelege, why doesn't the past participle end in -ut?
A înțelege is a 3rd conjugation verb (ending in -e). Many verbs in this group have irregular past participles ending in -s rather than the standard -ut. Other common examples include a merge (to go) becoming mers and a trimite (to send) becoming trimis.
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