"Animalele traversează."

Translation: The animals cross.

[nahuatl1939]

Does Romanian use " are crossing" or, like French, doesn't use this gramatical form. ?
I mean French will say " les animaux traversent la route" or, if we want to translate " are crossing" we will say " sont en train de traverser." Spanish will say :" los animales estan cruzando la carretera" o "los animales cruzan la carretera". What does Romanian use to translate "are crossing" ?

[potestasity]

Romanian doesn't have two present forms, you have to rely on context to understand the meaning. A phrase like "merg la școală" could be ambiguous (either "I'm going to school", or "I go to school"), but it's hard to imagine a situation in which both could apply.

This is weird about languages: when I think/speak in English, present continuous seems absolutely necessary and I'd feel crippled without it, but when I think/speak in Romanian, I don't see any use for it.

[razvan.marin]

I may be wrong, but I don't think we such a way of saying it. It would still be animalele traversează (strada).

[nahuatl1939]

thanks to both of you. but then, what happens if i translate ¨the animals ARE CROSSING.....¨ Is that wrong in Romanian or is it also accepted as a valid translation ? or should I NEVER use it ? This would make things easier.

[potestasity]

In my opinion, the makers of this course should always accept both versions in cases like this, where it's ambiguous. In case of an oversight, consider reporting the sentence, checking "My answer should be accepted"

[nahuatl1939]

Thanks, So, if I understand you well, both answers can be used according to the sentence ?