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Romanian puts the article at the end of the noun: tren, a train, becomes trenul, the train. Tap a word and ContextCat explains the form and what it means in this sentence, in your own language.
Ședința s-a prelungit, așa că am pierdut trenul.
pierdut verb, past participle
lost; here, missed (from a pierde)
A pierde means to lose. With trenul, the train, it means to miss it: the meeting ran long, so I missed the train.
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