"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)

[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!

[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!

[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

[ftay98]

Can't say that anymore

[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. :)

[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

[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 [...]".

[kibranoz]

Why doesn't female work here?

[Rae.F]

"Female" is an adjective. Besides, it fails to specify girl or woman. There is a difference between the two.

[BrasovDesign]

Romanian doesn't really have a word for "female" that can be applied to humans. The equivalent word "femelă" is reserved for animals (and, as such, insulting when used for people).

[HitoMem]

Is it just me, or does "femeie" sound more like she's saying "femein", or basically adding an N or an M to the end of the word? Why is this?

[Rae.F]

Probably just a bad computer voice. I'd report (flag) this. Given that this is the beta release, I'm sure there are a lot of issues that the team needs to shake out.

[ftay98]

now it sounds like fem ey ya

[BrasovDesign]

Maybe the fact that the last syllable and vowel are clearly spoken (as it should be) (almost accented) gives you this impression. There is no N or M.

[AlexaGbr9]

Eu sunt
Tu esti
Ea/El este
Noi suntem
Voi sunteti
Ei/Ele sunt.
(A fi)

[Robbadob]

Note that that's ești and sunteți, not esti and sunteti. The ș sounds like "sh" and ț sounds sort of in between "ts" and "ch".

sunt /sunt/ (soont)
ești /jeʃtʲ/ (yesht)
este /ˈjeste/ (YES-tay)
suntem /ˈsunt.em/ (SOON-tem)
sunteți /sunˈtet͡sʲ/ (soon-TETSCH)

[2019/04/18]

[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".

[LOUISISCOO1]

my parents talking to me:

[Bnk7108]

When do we use:
este,
esti,
e?
So confusing for me.

[Rae.F]

The infinitive is a fi:
http://www.verbix.com/webverbix/go.php?&D1=5&T1=fi

eu sunt; sînt
tu eşti
el este; e
noi suntem
voi sunteţi
ei sunt; sînt

[MichaelPel1]

This is the second prompt for English translation in this lesson that was missing ‘a’ and ‘are’ words for selection to write the corect answer..

[Rae.F]

If you're on a mobile device, try rotating the orientation and see if more tiles populate the word bank.

Also take a screen shot and submit a bug report:
https://support.duolingo.com/hc/en-us/sections/200864570-Reporting-Issues

[NirmanDeka]

Barbat in hindi means destroyed lol.

[LOL123871813]

Ich kann kein rumänisch willmes aber lernen und die sagt mir einfach nivht wie man das ausspricht

[Albert986040]

A lot like Spanish

[Rae.F]

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