The Numerals in Romanian, simple or compound, follow regular patterns: 1 (unu) 2 (doi) 3 (trei) 4 (patru) 5 (cinci) 6 (șase) 7 (șapte) 8 (opt) 9 (nouă) 10 (zece) 11 (unsprezece / written and oral / unșpe /oral only) 12 (doisprezece, doișpe) 12 (treisprezece, treișpe) 14 (paisprezece, paișpe) 15 (cincisprezece, cinșpe) 16 (șaisprezece, șaișpe) …
The most frequently used Romanian pronouns are personal, possessive, relative, and demonstrative. Since the grammar is derived from Latin, pronouns fall into case patterns, just like nouns. Latin-derived unstressed pronouns, as opposed to the stressed ones, increase the number of pronouns currently in use. Personal Pronouns In the category of personal pronouns, there are three …
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Adverbs describe actions, and therefore appear next or close to verbs. Romanian adverbs are generally not inflected. Some follow the same degree of comparison rules as adjectives. Others could take the form of diminutives because of emotional involvement in conversation. Some adverbs in Romanian are simple, others are compund: când = when unde = where …
Adjectives in Romanian are much different from adjectives in English. Adjectives agree with nouns in gender, number and case. Unlike in English, the typical place for an adjective in a sentence is after the noun, not in front of it. Whenever an adjective preceeds a noun, the intention is purely emphatic. Adjectives may have one …
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Gender On the basis of their grammatical structure, Romanian nouns are divided into three classes (traditionally called genders): masculine, feminine, and neuter. The form of the indefinite article that accompanies a noun and the ending of the noun indicate the gender to which the noun belongs. Masculine nouns take a consonant plus –u, -e, or …
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