Avaria este urgentă.

Because Romanian usually puts the definite article at the end of the noun, not before it.

• avarie = a breakdown / a malfunction / damage
• avaria = the breakdown / the malfunction / the damage

So the final -a is the feminine singular definite article.

This is very different from English, where you say the as a separate word.

Este is the 3rd person singular form of the verb a fi, which means to be.

So:

• eu sunt = I am
• tu ești = you are
• el/ea este = he/she/it is

In this sentence, este means is.

Yes. E is a very common shorter form of este in everyday Romanian.

So both are correct:

• Avaria este urgentă.
• Avaria e urgentă.

The version with este may sound a little more full or formal, while e is extremely common in speech.

Because urgentă agrees with avaria, which is a feminine singular noun.

In Romanian, adjectives often change form to match the noun’s:

• gender
• number
• sometimes definiteness in certain structures

Here:

• urgent = masculine singular
• urgentă = feminine singular

Since avaria is feminine singular, the adjective must also be feminine singular: urgentă.

Yes, avarie is a feminine noun.

You can see that in forms like:

• o avarie = a breakdown
• avaria = the breakdown

Because it is feminine, related adjectives will normally use feminine forms too, such as urgentă.

Romanian usually uses an attached definite article, often called a postposed article. That means the article is added to the end of the noun.

Examples:

• băiat = boy

• băiatul = the boy

• fată = girl

• fata = the girl

• avarie = breakdown
• avaria = the breakdown

So instead of a separate word like English the, Romanian changes the noun itself.

The normal, neutral order is:

• Avaria este urgentă.

This is the most natural way to state the information plainly.

You can change the order for emphasis, but it becomes marked or stylistic:

• Urgentă este avaria.

That sounds more emphatic, contrastive, or literary, something like It is the breakdown that is urgent or Urgent is the breakdown. A learner should usually stick with Avaria este urgentă.

Because it describes the noun avaria.

In Avaria este urgentă, the structure is:

• Avaria = subject
• este = linking verb
• urgentă = predicate adjective

English works the same way:

• The breakdown is urgent.

You would not use an adverb like urgently after is in this kind of sentence.

A simple learner-friendly pronunciation guide is:

• Avaria ≈ ah-vah-REE-ah
• este ≈ YES-te
• urgentă ≈ oor-JEN-tuh

A few useful notes:

• e at the start of este sounds like ye to many learners: YES-te
• ă is the Romanian mid-central vowel, often approximated as uh
• Stress is roughly:
  • avaRIa
  • ESte
  • urGENtă

Yes. Avarie can refer to damage, a malfunction, a breakdown, or a technical failure, depending on context.

For example, it may be used for:

• a car problem
• a machine failure
• a utility problem
• technical damage

So the exact English translation depends on the situation, even though the grammar stays the same.

Grammatically, yes. It is correct.

But in real-life Romanian, speakers might sometimes prefer expressions like:

• Avaria este gravă. = The breakdown is serious.
• Repararea avariei este urgentă. = Repairing the breakdown is urgent.
• Este urgent să se repare avaria. = It is urgent to repair the breakdown.

So Avaria este urgentă is understandable and correct, but depending on context, Romanian may more naturally describe the situation, the repair, or the severity as urgent.