Datoria este importantă.

to be

Breakdown of Datoria este importantă.

• important: important
• datoria: the duty; obligation

Questions & Answers about Datoria este importantă.

Why does datorie become datoria here?

Because Romanian usually puts the definite article at the end of the noun, instead of using a separate word like English the.

• datorie = duty / debt
• datoria = the duty / the debt

So datoria is the definite form of datorie.

With many feminine nouns ending in -ie, the definite singular ends up looking like -ia:

• lecție → lecția
• familie → familia
• datorie → datoria

What does datoria mean exactly? Is it duty or debt?

It can mean either, depending on context.

datorie can mean:

• duty, obligation
• debt

So Datoria este importantă could mean:

• Duty is important
• The duty is important
• The debt is important

In real life, context tells you which meaning is intended.

Why is este used? What does it mean?