Lumea este frumoasă.

to be

Breakdown of Lumea este frumoasă.

• frumos: beautiful
• lumea: the world

Questions & Answers about Lumea este frumoasă.

Why is it lumea and not lume?

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

• lume = world
• lumea = the world

So -a here is the definite article, roughly equivalent to English the. This is a very common Romanian pattern.

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What does este mean?

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

So:

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

In this sentence, este links the subject lumea to the description frumoasă.

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Why is it frumoasă and not frumos?

Because Romanian adjectives must agree with the noun they describe in gender and number.

Lumea is feminine singular, so the adjective must also be feminine singular:

• masculine singular: frumos
• feminine singular: frumoasă
• masculine plural: frumoși
• feminine plural: frumoase

Even after este, the adjective still agrees with the subject.

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