Femeia o să stea pe acest șezlong toată ziua.
The woman is going to stay on this sun lounger all day.
Breakdown of Femeia o să stea pe acest șezlong toată ziua.
femeia
the woman
pe
on
acest
this
ziua
the day / during the day
Questions & Answers about Femeia o să stea pe acest șezlong toată ziua.
Why is the verb stea here instead of stă?
The future tense with o să is formed using the subjunctive mood. The verb a sta (to stay or to stand) has an irregular third-person subjunctive form: să stea. If it were a regular verb ending in '-a', you might expect its subjunctive to end in '-e', but a sta is a very common exception.
Could I use va sta instead of o să stea?
Yes, va sta is the standard, more formal future tense and means exactly the same thing. O să stea is the colloquial future tense, which is much more common in everyday spoken Romanian. Notice that va takes the infinitive (sta), while o să requires the subjunctive (stea).
Is it possible to say pe șezlongul acesta instead of pe acest șezlong?
Absolutely. When the demonstrative 'this' comes before the noun, it is acest and the noun drops the article, giving us acest șezlong. When it comes after the noun, you use acesta and the noun must take the definite article, resulting in șezlongul acesta. The meaning is identical, though putting it after the noun is slightly more common in daily speech.
Why does ziua have the definite article in the phrase toată ziua?