"Tu nu ești bărbat, ești copil."

Translation: You are not a man, you are a child.

[AnaMaria_Kat]

Harsh thing to say.

[fezha]

Romanian women can be very blunt....

[grey-sparkle1995]

Depends on the context.

[grey-sparkle1995]

What is the difference between ești and sunt?

[potestasity]

ești - second person singular
sunt - either first person singular or third person plural

[grey-sparkle1995]

Thanks.

[kadenadventures]

Romanian grammar is tough, at least for this English speaker. Mersi for the info!

[cindy739904]

Esti = you are
Sunt = i am

[Jennie976723]

Why is it just barbat and not un barbat if the translation is a man? Why no article?

[danix_93]

You are not a man, are a child ?? error?

[PaulinaNar10]

Can someone explain esti este and e to me?

[BrasovDesign]

Tu eşti = You are. In romanian you can omit the "tu (you)" as it is implied by the form of the verb: Eşti frumoasă = You are beautiful.
El / Ea este = He / She is.
"E" is short for "Este" (100% equivalent). El e bun = El este bun = He is good.

[Race816993]

Very helpful

[JoaquimCal5]

I lost about ten minutes in my answer and the formatting ruined it!! :)
Here https://www.duolingo.com/skill/ro/Basics-1
You find the verb a fi - to be (down the page)
In Romanian the verb changes with all pronouns... that why you don't need to always say the pronoun: if you say esți, we know it is you; if you say este, we know it is s/he.

[qixyl]

Why there are no articles here in Romanian?

[John_on_Du]

There are indefinite articles that are separate and go before the noun, but also definite articles that attach to the end of the end of a noun.

[Hector290697]

This is like Spanish when we want to get to the point, "Usted/Tu no es hombre, eres varon".

[qXXo6]

Why "ești bărbat" and not "ești un bărbat"?

[JoaquimCal5]

danix_93, our error is not in Romanian... :) it's in English, I think..
you don't need the second tu (you) in Romanian, but in English yes...
Or the phrase is wrong in Romanian!! :)

[jhanala]

what does nu mean? I thought it meant "am"..

[JoaquimCal5]

Nu means 'no'.. or nicht... :)

[John_on_Du]

Can you say "t-ești" to say "you are"?

[FunckyKong]

I've always been confused by this. Can you mesh the words using a dash and still keep the same meaning?

[ChrisDann2]

I'm still unable to type s + cidilla and a + accent! Frustrating. The word store no longer available ....

[johannfowl]

"come back when you are strong enough to fight me"

[LovRailWay]

copil why not Un copil????????

[ph.Vdzblz]

I can't pick the esti option!!!!! Duo!! Help

[Lucia324756]

Corrent translation: you are not man, you are child

[lilacbamboo]

Why don't we put "un" before bărbat and copil here?