"She is a girl and he is a boy."

Translation: Ea este o fată și el este un băiat.

[Ciarn172886]

Are both "Ea e o fată" and "Ea e fată" correct?

[Cristina_Costea]

Yes

[ampm89]

E is abbreviation for este...

[FishUknown]

Are there two types for third person singular ( e, este) ? Are they used equally ?

[Istvan438587]

Yes, they are interchangeble, both are correct.

[imaginaerus]

This is a difficult one to remember, honestly. You're only shown it once.

[VrsBettina]

It should accept the answer without personal pronouns, like ea or el, as it does with most of the question (since romanians do not use them unless it is necessary)

[BrasovDesign]

In this case it is necessary because it clearly indicates the subject (like the definite article does in other cases).
It would be a grammatically correct sentence without them but the meaning would be less precise).

[Kirstieholl1]

Why is there a different word for a?

[wynnalynn]

the "a" changes gender to match the noun it precedes. o = feminine, un = masculine.

[Mardmur]

Why is it "o" when you're refering to a girl and "un" when you're refering to a boy? does it have something to do with gender?

[sylver12417]

fată = girl (feminine noun),
o fată = a girl (o - is the indefinite article for feminine nouns),
fata = the girl (definite article)

băiat = boy (masculine noun),
un băiat = a boy (un - is the indefinite article for masculine and neuter nouns)
băiatul = the boy (definite article).
Instead of appearing before the noun, the definite article is added to the end.

[Luca1372]

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[Anastasia850860]

Eu sunt din românia așa că na eu stiu româna( I am from romania)

[Alicia472110]

Like French ?

[JaicieTens1]

This one was really hard

[Duolingo5012]

i am romanian ,it is hard to learn the english speaker

[CodyWall]

Is esti plural?

[sylver12417]

Eu sunt = I am
Tu ești = You are
El/Ea este = He/She is
Noi suntem = We are
Voi sunteți = You are
Ei/Ele sunt = They are (ei - is for masculine plural, ele - for feminine plural)

Ea este o fată și el este un băiat. (3rd person singular) = She is a girl and he is a boy
Ele sunt fete și ei sunt băieți (3rd person plural) = They are girls and they are boys.

Eu sunt o fată. = I am a girl.
Eu sunt un băiat. = I am a boy.
Tu ești o fată. = You are a girl.
Tu ești un băiat. = You are a boy.
Noi suntem fete. = We are girls.
Noi suntem băieți. = We are boys.
Voi sunteți fete. = You are girls.
Voi sunteți băieți. = You are boys.

[Rafaello201673]

I am a little confused (not surprisingly, I always am), but my humble question follows: When do you use in Romanian just a subject word itself without the article, e.g. fată (not o fată "a girl" or fata "the girl"). Anyway, the vine varietal called fetească produces very good white wines indeed.

[sylver12417]

O fată este talentată = A girl is talented
Fata este talentată = The girl is talented
But: Fată este talentată - it is not ok
Ce fată frumoasă ! = What a beautiful girl ! (ok)
Ce fată talentată ! = What a talented girl ! (ok)
Nu știu nimic despre această fată = I don't know anything about this girl (ok)

Romanian wine
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Romanian_wine

[Daniela747194]

Hola, mira me gustaría aprender más de Rumano y resolver unas dudas que tengo, ¿Podría por favor ponerme en contacto contigo y platicar?

[Annick962100]

I do use the accents! Why does the system keep telling me I should pay attention to them?