"Tu ești o femeie, nu un bărbat."

Translation: You are a woman, not a man.

[-Levi.]

So I'm guessing there is no estar/ser like in Spanish? Is there just 1 way to say "is"?

[BrasovDesign]

I am = Eu sunt
You are = Tu eşti
He is = El este
She is = Ea este
We are = Noi suntem
You are = Voi sunteţi
They are = Ei/Ele sunt (depending on gender)

[arekakash]

thank you a lot.

[Rae.F]

In English, it's more common to say:

Thanks a lot (informal)
Thank you very much (formal)

[Nao507]

"Ei" is for masculine gender in romanian?

[HastaLaVista83]

"ei" means "they" when there is at least one male person in the group. If there are only female persons it's "ele".

[wyqtor]

That's right! Just one verb for 'to be', like in English!

[BlossomCoeur94]

Right! No complications! =D

[94BlueLane]

You'd think she'd know by now...

[tu.8zPhLD72zzoZN]

Maybe she is trying to break into a typically male profession. I can't wait to hear what she answers back!

[EllaMayy]

Do you pronounce "nu un" as "nuun" as if you're saying it with no pauses or do you say it as "nu-un" with a pause in between the two if that makes sense?

[oxbxy]

with a pause, because they are two different words

[Trofaste]

I might be getting ahead of myself as this is only my second lesson, but what are the rules about the placement of ”nu”?

[OliverBens1]

I'm not 100% but I think it's Pronoun - Negative - Verb. So for example, I not am a girl, rather than I am not a girl. Imagine the positive version of the sentence "I am a girl" and then put in "not" after "I". Hope that helps.

[Rae.F]

Never mind the rest of the sentence. The negation always comes immediately before whatever it's negating.

[Trofaste]

Thank you both! Nice and easy. :)

[OliverBens1]

Mulțumesc!

[ftay98]

Can't say that anymore

[LOUISISCOO1]

my parents talking to me:

[babbleduck]

felt that too

[SarahWylie7]

I've only done 2 lessons, but I am interested to know what the accent marks do to the pronunciation. I am not used to words with accent marks.

[Rae.F]

You need to use the desktop site to view the lesson notes.

https://www.duolingo.com/skill/ro/Basics-1

[galaxyrocker]

So there's ellision between ești and o?

[BlossomCoeur94]

Normally, final Is are spoken softly in Romanian (if you know Russian, think about the soft sign ь). That's why it seems there is an ellision. :)

[Cawahi]

I think nu un is confusing to me. I don't know why

[WByson]

Why is it? It means "not a", so it is exactly the same word use and order as in English.
Note: for female nouns it would be "nu o [...]".

[ZoeMar5]

what is the difference between o and un

[Rae.F]

"o" is the feminine form of "a/an".
"un" is the masculine form of "a/an".

[Albert986040]

A lot like Spanish

[Rae.F]

They're both Romance languages, so no surprise there.