Rețeaua electrică este stabilă.

The power grid is stable.

Breakdown of Rețeaua electrică este stabilă.

• a fi: to be
• stabil: stable
• rețeaua electrică: the power grid

Questions & Answers about Rețeaua electrică este stabilă.

Why is rețeaua written as one word, and what does the ending -a do?

In Romanian, the definite article is usually attached to the end of the noun, not written as a separate word like English the.

• rețea = network
• rețeaua = the network

So rețeaua electrică literally means the electrical network or the electric grid.

The final -a here is the definite article for this feminine singular noun.

Why is it electrică and not electric?

Because adjectives in Romanian must agree with the noun they describe in gender, number, and definiteness/context.

Here, rețea is:

• feminine
• singular

So the adjective also takes the feminine singular form:

• masculine singular: electric
• feminine singular: electrică

That is why we get rețeaua electrică, not rețeaua electric.

Why is stabilă feminine too?