Word
Este copleșitor să vezi atâta praf în mijlocul camerei.
Meaning
It is overwhelming to see so much dust in the middle of the room.
Part of speech
sentence
Pronunciation
Course
Breakdown of Este copleșitor să vezi atâta praf în mijlocul camerei.
fi
to be (sunt, ești, este, suntem, sunteți, sunt)
camera
the room
vedea
to see
să
to (subjunctive marker)
Questions & Answers about Este copleșitor să vezi atâta praf în mijlocul camerei.
Why do we use atâta here instead of atâți or atâtea?
Atâta translates to "so much" and is used with uncountable or singular nouns. In this sentence, it agrees with praf (dust), which is a singular neuter noun. If the noun were countable and plural, you would use atâți for masculine nouns like "so many men" (atâți bărbați) or atâtea for feminine and neuter nouns like "so many women" (atâtea femei).
Why is the word at the end of the sentence camerei and not camera?
The phrase în mijlocul (in the middle of) requires the noun that follows it to be in the genitive case. Because camera is a feminine noun ending in -a, its definite genitive form becomes camerei (of the room).
The English translation says "to see", but să vezi literally means "that you see". Why use the "you" form here?
In Romanian, general statements that apply to anyone (like the generic "you" or "one" in English) are usually expressed using the second-person singular subjunctive (să vezi). You could technically use the infinitive here (a vedea), but the subjunctive is much more natural and common in everyday Romanian.
How is the adjective copleșitor (overwhelming) formed?