Salteaua este ușoară.

to be

Breakdown of Salteaua este ușoară.

• ușor: light
• salteaua: the mattress

Questions & Answers about Salteaua este ușoară.

Why is it salteaua and not just saltea?

Because -ua here shows the definite article in Romanian.

• saltea = a mattress
• salteaua = the mattress

Romanian usually puts the at the end of the noun instead of using a separate word like English does.

So:

• Salteaua este ușoară. = The mattress is light.

What gender is saltea, and how does that affect the sentence?

Saltea is a feminine noun.

That matters because the adjective must agree with it:

• masculine singular: ușor
• feminine singular: ușoară

Since salteaua is feminine singular, the sentence uses:

• ușoară

So salteaua este ușoară is grammatically matched: feminine noun + feminine adjective.

Why does ușor become ușoară?