"The butterfly is on the book."

Translation: Fluturele e pe carte.

[pablopublico]

Why "pe cartea" is wrong? Thanks in advance.

[BlossomCoeur94]

When there's the combination "preposition + single noun", you don't use the definite article:

El e pe carte.

But if this noun has an adjective, the definite article is necessary:

El e pe cartea albastră.

Salutări din Brazilia!

[pablopublico]

Muito obrigado! Salutări din Mexic!

[Sandra_Moellney]

It says "Fluturele se află pe carte." is correct too. What does "se află" mean? Don't think I had that in a lesson yet.

[pablopublico]

It is roughly translated as "is found". "The butterfly is found on the book". In Spanish, one would say "se halla", "La mariposa se halla en el libro".

[Sandra_Moellney]

Mulțumesc.

[AndrewsSuzy]

My version (lap top) does not have "e" but "se afla" - with accent on the last a. What does this mean? Is it a reflexive verb?