Questions & Answers about Ea nu este o prietenă bună.
What does Ea mean, and is it necessary in this sentence?
Ea means she in English. Romanian is a pro-drop language, so you can omit the subject pronoun: Nu este o prietenă bună still means “She is not a good friend.” Including Ea adds emphasis or clarity.
Why is the negative particle nu placed before este?
In Romanian, all verbal negations put nu directly before the verb. Therefore “is not” is nu este.
Could nu este be contracted in everyday speech?
Yes. Informally you often hear nu-i as a contraction of nu este. So you can say Ea nu-i o prietenă bună.
Why do we use o instead of un before prietenă?
Prietenă is a feminine noun, so it takes the feminine indefinite article o. The masculine form prieten would take un.
Why does the adjective bună follow the noun prietenă?