"He has a cake in the kitchen."

Translation: El are un tort la bucătărie.

[91aquarii]

Shouldn't 'la' be replaced with 'în'? This technically translates to 'he has a cake at the kitchen'

[Srawrs]

My Romanian mother tells me both are okay but everyone would say la.

[wyqtor]

I am a native speaker too, and for me 'în' is far more natural in this case. 'La bucătărie' sounds a bit off.

[deactivated user]

Yes, you are right. " La " shows direction. " Mă duc la (către) bucătărie = I am going to ( towards) the kitchen". Use "la" when the subject is outside the kitchen. Also: " duc tortul la bucătarie= I am taking the cake to the kitchen". Use" În=in" when the subject is inside the kitchen . Ex. If somebody askes: " where are you?" You answer: " Sunt în bucătărie= I am in the kitchen". Also: " El are un tort ÎN bucătărie = He has a cake IN the kitchen".
In general: "la= to, at" and " în= in"

[IXL_hater]

And din

[Radiii1234]

'' din'' means'From'

[btopps]

Why is "bucătăria" not accepted?

[Radiii1234]

Maybe because the Word is not writing like that?

[GabrielleD897355]

Sometimes you traduce cake with placinta and sometimes with tort. Where is the difference?

[IXL_hater]

Why isn't prajitura accepted?

[IXL_hater]

Boo hoo hoo!

[RobertEddy]

It looks like it's OK to use 'in' as a preposition or to just omit it. How is that?

[jl45a]

what does in mean?

[DavidRomanH]

In = în

[foenixd]

This would be ok if you replace "bucătărie" with "pachet", for example.