Breakdown of În ciuda ploii, concertul live a fost absolut minunat.
fi
to be (sunt, ești, este, suntem, sunteți, sunt)
avea
to have
ploaia
the rain
absolut
absolutely (completely) / absolute
concertul
the concert
minunat
wonderful
în ciuda
despite
live
live
Questions & Answers about În ciuda ploii, concertul live a fost absolut minunat.
Why is the word for rain written as ploii here instead of ploaia?
The compound preposition în ciuda (despite or in spite of) requires the noun that follows it to take the Genitive case. For the feminine noun ploaie, the definite Genitive form (meaning 'of the rain') is ploii.
What is the literal translation of the phrase în ciuda?
The noun ciudă means spite, vexation, or grudge. So în ciuda literally translates to 'in the spite of'. You will also frequently encounter the related expression a-i fi ciudă, which means to feel annoyed, envious, or frustrated about a situation.
Is the English loanword live treated like a normal Romanian adjective here?
Why is there no connecting word like de between absolut and minunat?
The word absolut functions directly as an adverb here. Unlike the adverb destul (which means 'quite' or 'enough' and requires the preposition de before an adjective, as in destul de minunat), adverbs like absolut and foarte connect directly to the adjective they emphasize.
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