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?