Breakdown of Camera nu este curată acum.
fi
to be (sunt, ești, este, suntem, sunteți, sunt)
camera
the room
nu
no / not
acum
now
Questions & Answers about Camera nu este curată acum.
Why is the word for clean curată instead of curat?
Because adjectives in Romanian change to match the gender of the noun they describe. Cameră (room) is a feminine noun. The dictionary (masculine) form for "clean" is curat, but because we are describing a feminine noun, we must use the feminine form curată.
Where is the word "the" in this sentence?
It is attached to the end of the noun! The basic word for "room" is cameră. To say "the room", Romanian changes that final -ă to an -a, making it camera.
The lesson says adjectives usually go right after the noun. Why is curată separated from camera?
When you say something is a certain way, the adjective goes after the verb este (is), exactly like in English ("The room is clean"). The rule about putting the adjective right after the noun applies when they are grouped together to make a single phrase, like in camera curată ("the clean room"). Even when separated by a verb, the adjective still has to match the noun's gender!
Can I shorten nu este like we say "isn't" in English?
Yes! While nu este is perfectly correct and common, Romanians often shorten it to nu e in everyday speech. Both mean exactly the same thing.