Dragostea este importantă.

to be

Breakdown of Dragostea este importantă.

• important: important
• dragostea: love

Questions & Answers about Dragostea este importantă.

Why is it dragostea and not just dragoste?

Dragoste means love as a noun, while dragostea is the definite form, literally the love.

Romanian usually puts the definite article at the end of the noun, not before it as English does. So:

• dragoste = love
• dragostea = the love

In Romanian, abstract nouns often appear in the definite form when talking about something in a general sense. So Dragostea este importantă naturally translates as Love is important, even though the Romanian form is literally The love is important.

Why is there no separate word for the?

Because Romanian usually uses an attached definite article instead of a separate word.

Compare:

• English: the love
• Romanian: dragostea

The -a at the end is the definite article here. This is a very common feature of Romanian grammar.

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