"Desertul e bun."

Translation: The dessert is good.

[XavierDecoret]

I assume "e" is a short form of "ele"? What is the rule here?

[Terogski]

"e" is a short form for "este" from the verb "a fi"="to be". It can be used only for 3rd person singular.

[brown-warrior]

should it accept 'the desert is nice?'

[JonEnMiljon]

desert = not nice
dessert = nice
:)

[JD94AZ]

no it shouldn't accept nice, because bun means good, so it's "the dessert is good", it's speaking about a sweet treat not a desert landscape

[Stewart288923]

Try not speaking through a sock and I might recognise the word!!!

[JD94AZ]

I agree, some of it sounds glitchy at times and I have to listen to it in slowed down to hear everything and I speak Romanian, the speech at normal speed just sounds glitchy sometimes for what ever reason

[pBVp1]

What is the difference between bun and bună?

[XavierDecoret]

One is for masculine names, the other one for feminine names. You have to identify/know the gender of names, and the articles (definite and indefinite) are helping you for that.

For masculine, it's "un" & "ul"

• un desert = a dessert in English

• desertul = the dessert in English (the definitive article is "after" the name in Romanian)

For feminine it's "o+˘" & "a":

• o capșună : a strawberry in English

• capșuna: the strawberry in English

Now, you decline the adjective accordingly:

• desertul e bun = the dessert is good

• capșuna e bună = the strawberry is good

[pBVp1]

Thanks for the explanation!!!
Got it:->