"Eu sunt copil."
Translation:I am a child.
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I don't know the technical terms but the idea is that you do not say that you are a (specific) child (or one not many) but that you are in your childhood. Like saying "I am young" vs. "I am a young (person)". It's like saying "I am child" (which in English is not correct but makes sense in Romanian).
I suppose it works like professions in German?, such as saying "Ich bin Ärztin" rather than "Ich bin eine Ärztin".
«Copil» is a masculine noun. Similarly in Portuguese: «Eu sou criança.» meaning word by word «I am child.» ---> «Eu sunt copil.» It would be like an adult person asking to a child to buy cigarettes or beer for them in a store. Then the child could say to them: «I am just a child to do it.» or in Romanian simply ---> «Eu sunt copil.»
There's a curiosity here. The word "copil" can work as an adjective in Portuguese when someone acts in a childish way. E.g.: "Meu pai é muito criança." Literally: "My father is very child." I don't know if there's an application like that in Romanian.
Eu sunt copil means i am child instead we use eu sunt UN copil which means i am a child
It will mark me wrong for selecting fata = a girl and o fata= a girl but here it marks me wrong for not adding an article?? Makes no sense.
What is wrong with I am a child? Why is 'I am a little child' correct? What's the "little" word in this sentence?
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This must only apply to a previous version of this question since currently neither the English nor the Romanian seems to have anything about "little"...
I also want to know why "Eu sunt un copil" is not an option. Great question Chris V. Anyone knows?
