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Questions & Answers about Suspensia este deteriorată.
Why is it suspensia and not suspensie?
Suspensie means suspension in the indefinite form, like a suspension or just suspension in a general sense.
Suspensia is the definite form and means the suspension.
Romanian usually adds the definite article to the end of the noun instead of putting a separate word in front like English the.
- suspensie = suspension
- suspensia = the suspension
So in this sentence, suspensia means the suspension.
What does este mean here?
Este means is.
It is the 3rd person singular present tense form of a fi = to be.
So:
- este = is
In Suspensia este deteriorată, it links the subject (suspensia) with its description (deteriorată), just like is in English.
Why is the adjective deteriorată feminine?