No. 674 in Romanian
tatăl
"Father"
In a sentence
Tatăl meu are grijă de grădină.
My father takes care of the garden.
The word 'tatăl' is used as the subject of the sentence to denote the father specifically.
Îi voi da cadoul tatălui meu.
I will give the gift to my father.
Here, 'tatălui' (the genitive/dative form of 'tatăl') is used to indicate the indirect object of the sentence.
Am văzut că tatăl vecinului nostru lucrează în grădină.
I saw that our neighbor's father is working in the garden.
The word 'tatăl' is used in a possessive context, specifying whose father is being mentioned.
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