Asigurarea este importantă.

Insurance is important.

Breakdown of Asigurarea este importantă.

• a fi: to be
• important: important
• asigurarea: the insurance

Questions & Answers about Asigurarea este importantă.

Why does asigurarea end in -a instead of just being asigurare?

Because Romanian usually puts the definite article at the end of the noun.

• asigurare = insurance / an insurance policy / insurance in general (depending on context)
• asigurarea = the insurance

So the -a here is the feminine singular definite article attached to the noun.

This is one of the big differences from English:

• English: the insurance
• Romanian: asigurarea

What gender is asigurarea, and why does importantă look feminine?

Asigurarea is a feminine singular noun here, and the adjective has to agree with it.

That is why you get:

• masculine singular: important
• feminine singular: importantă
• masculine plural: importanți
• feminine/neuter plural: importante

So in Asigurarea este importantă, the adjective is feminine singular because it describes asigurarea.

Why is este used here? Can Romanian leave out is like some other languages?