Word
Comediantul mă întreabă ceva hazos.
Meaning
The comedian asks me something funny.
Part of speech
sentence
Pronunciation
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Breakdown of Comediantul mă întreabă ceva hazos.
mă
me (direct object) / myself
ceva
something
întreba
to ask (a question)
comediantul
the comedian
Questions & Answers about Comediantul mă întreabă ceva hazos.
Why is mă used here instead of the dative pronoun îmi?
This is the core of the double accusative construction. Unlike verbs like a spune (to tell) which require a dative indirect object for the person, the verb a întreba (to ask) takes two direct objects in the accusative case: the person being asked (mă) and the thing being asked (ceva).
Does that mean ceva hazos is the second direct object?
Exactly. In this double accusative setup, mă is the primary direct object and the phrase ceva hazos acts as the secondary direct object. Having two accusative objects in one sentence is a special feature of verbs like a întreba, a ruga, and a învăța.
Why is the adjective hazos in its masculine/neuter form instead of feminine?
The indefinite pronoun ceva (something) is grammatically treated as neuter in Romanian. Whenever you attach an adjective directly to it to say 'something [adjective]', you must use the masculine/neuter singular form of that adjective, never the feminine.