"Ea este o fată și el este un băiat."
Translation:She is a girl and he is a boy.
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I thought that too! :') Oh they do like to make learning languages tough!
That's exactly what I was thinking! If anyone happens to know the past tense it would be even better :)
Greetings from three years in the future: we future people still enjoy the reference.
No. Just the "e" from "el", " ea", "ei", " ele". An example: the letter "e" from "elastic" is not pronounced "ye".
Duolingo says the following:
"EU, EA, E, ESTE
Although Romanian has exceptionally few pronunciation exceptions, there is one which is noticeable from the very beginning. Eu (I/me), el (he/him), ea (she/her), ei (they/them masc.), ele (they/them fem.), e (is), and este (is) are all pronounced starting with /ie/ instead of simply /e/."
Is this (or your) pronunciation a regional/dialect thing maybe?
hey im romanian and yes u can write e insted of este but it might not work in duolingo cause it is slang
It is not slang, only a slightly more familiar form, but used whenever brevity or speed is somehow pursued.
Why is the speaking so fast right out of the gate? With Spanish they speak slowly for the first several modules (and may I say, this is more complicated). I can't make out what the woman is saying half the time.
Why is here "el este" but in the negative "el nu e"? Is there some difference between positive and negative sentences here?
Hello! I am Romanian and I want to say : "este" and "e" means the same thing (is). There is no difference. I hope you will learn very well romanian. This language is beautiful. English too!
Darling, can you help us understand something? I saw two sentences on Duolingo: "el e barbat" and "el e un barbat". When do we use the article? Is "un" (and "o") in Romanian exactly like "a" in English?
Romanian speaker here, everybody shortens este to e. Negative changes nothing.