Questions & Answers about Banana este bună.
Romanian uses enclitic definite articles attached to the end of nouns.
- banană = “a banana” (indefinite)
- banana = “the banana” (definite)
Adjectives in Romanian agree in gender and number with the noun they modify.
- banana is feminine singular, so bun (masculine) becomes bună (feminine singular).
Yes. In everyday speech and informal writing, este often contracts to e. Both mean “is”:
- Formal: Banana este bună.
- Informal: Banana e bună.
The unmarked word order in Romanian places adjectives after nouns.
You can move certain adjectives before the noun for emphasis or stylistic reasons, but the neutral order is noun + adjective.
Add the indefinite article o before the noun:
“O banană este bună.”
Here o = “a” (feminine singular).
Make both noun and adjective plural and definite: “Bananele sunt bune.”
- bananele = “the bananas”
- sunt = “are”
- bune = “good” (feminine plural)
Not in normal speech. Romanian generally requires the copula (este/“e”).
In headlines or very colloquial notes you might see it omitted, but standard sentences need the verb.
Stress typically falls on the second syllable of banana and on the last syllable of bună:
ba-NA-na ES-te bu-NĂ
IPA: [baˈna.na ˈes.te buˈnə]