Because Romanian usually puts the definite article at the end of the noun.
So -ul is the masculine singular definite article here. This is one of the first big differences English speakers notice in Romanian.
Yes. E is a very common shorter form of este in everyday Romanian.
So both are correct:
Este sounds a bit more neutral or careful; e is very common in normal speech.
Because it agrees with actorul, which is masculine singular.
Romanian adjectives change form to match the noun’s:
Here:
Compare:
It can mean either, depending on context.
In a sentence like Actorul este convingător, English might translate it as:
For an actor, convincing is often the most natural English choice, because it suggests the performance feels believable.
The normal, neutral order is:
Actorul este convingător.
Romanian word order is fairly flexible, but changing it usually changes the emphasis.
For example:
So for a learner, the original order is the safest and most natural one.
Because the subject is already expressed by the noun actorul.
Romanian does use subject pronouns, but it does not need them when the subject is already clear.
So:
You would use el only if you specifically want he, not the actor, or if you want extra emphasis or contrast.
A rough pronunciation is:
con-vin-gă-TOR
A few helpful points:
So the whole sentence is approximately:
ac-TOR-ul ES-te con-vin-gă-TOR
Because in this sentence the noun is definite, and the adjective is simply describing it after the verb to be.
So Romanian says:
The definiteness is already carried by actorul. The adjective does not need its own article here.
This is different from structures where an adjective comes directly before or after a noun inside a noun phrase, where Romanian can show definiteness differently.
Here are the main matching forms:
This is a good example of adjective agreement in Romanian:
Yes. That would mean The actor is very convincing.
You can easily add adverbs before the adjective:
This shows that convingător is functioning as a normal predicate adjective after este.