Încrederea este importantă.

to be

Breakdown of Încrederea este importantă.

• important: important
• încrederea: trust; confidence

Questions & Answers about Încrederea este importantă.

Why is it încrederea and not încredere?

Încredere means trust / confidence in the general, indefinite sense.

Încrederea means the trust or trust in a definite, specific sense. Romanian usually adds the definite article to the end of the noun, instead of putting a separate word like the in front.

So:

• încredere = trust
• încrederea = the trust

In this sentence, încrederea este importantă, Romanian is talking about trust as a definite concept: trust is important / the trust is important.

How does the definite article work in încrederea?

Romanian has a postposed definite article, which means the article is attached to the end of the noun.

For this feminine noun:

• încredere = trust
• încrederea = the trust

Here, the ending -a is the definite article.
This is very common in Romanian:

• fată = girl
• fata = the girl

So încrederea is not a different word entirely; it is încredere + the.

Why is importantă feminine?