Experiența profesională este importantă.

Professional experience is important.

Breakdown of Experiența profesională este importantă.

• a fi: to be
• important: important
• experiența profesională: professional experience

Questions & Answers about Experiența profesională este importantă.

Why does experiență become experiența here?

Because Romanian usually adds the definite article to the end of the noun, instead of putting a separate word in front like English the.

• experiență = experience
• experiența = the experience

So experiența is the definite form of the noun.

For a feminine singular noun like experiență, the definite article is typically -a, but because of the spelling and sound changes, the result is experiența.

Why is the noun definite here if English often says Professional experience is important without the?

This is a very common thing in Romanian. Romanian often uses the definite form in general statements where English uses no article.

So:

• Experiența profesională este importantă.

can naturally mean:

• Professional experience is important.

Even though word-for-word it looks more like The professional experience is important, in normal Romanian this can still express a general idea.

This is something English speakers have to get used to: Romanian uses the definite article more often in abstract or generic statements than English does.

Why is it profesională and not profesional?