Learn Romanian: Cafeaua este aici.

Cafeaua este aici.

The coffee is here.

Breakdown of Cafeaua este aici.

to be (sunt, ești, este, suntem, sunteți, sunt)

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Questions & Answers about Cafeaua este aici.

Why does "the coffee" end in -ua instead of just -a?

In Romanian, the word for "the" attaches to the end of the noun. The base word for coffee is cafea. For feminine nouns that end in a stressed -a or -ea, you add the special suffix -ua to say "the". So, cafea + -ua becomes cafeaua.

How do you pronounce the cluster of vowels in cafeaua?

It looks tricky, but it flows together. It sounds roughly like "cah-fya-wah". The -eaua part blends smoothly, sounding similar to "yow-ah" in English.

Is it okay to use the short form e instead of este in this sentence?

Absolutely! In spoken Romanian, you will hear Cafeaua e aici very often. E is just the short, conversational version of este (is), and both are perfectly correct here.

Why isn't there a word for "it" before este?

Because cafeaua (the coffee) is the subject of the sentence, you don't need a pronoun like "it" (ea). Even if you didn't have the noun, Romanian verbs change their form to show who or what is doing the action, so the pronoun is usually dropped anyway.