Avem propriul plan.

Avem means we have. It is the present-tense, 1st-person plural form of a avea (to have).

A few useful present-tense forms are:

• am = I have
• ai = you have
• are = he/she has
• avem = we have
• aveți = you all have
• au = they have

Romanian often leaves out subject pronouns when they are already clear from the verb ending. Since avem already shows 1st-person plural, we is understood.

You can add noi if you want emphasis or contrast:

• Noi avem propriul plan. = We have our own plan.

Here, propriul means own.

So propriul plan means one’s own plan. In this sentence, because the subject is we, the natural meaning is our own plan.

In a sentence like this, propriul usually refers back to the subject. So the possessor is understood from avem = we have.

That means:

• Avem propriul plan. = We have our own plan.
• Are propriul plan. = He/She has his/her own plan.

If you want to be extra explicit, Romanian can also say propriul nostru plan, but it is not necessary here.

The ending -ul is the definite article. Romanian usually puts the definite article at the end of a word instead of using a separate word like English the.

In this phrase, the article is attached to the adjective because the adjective comes before the noun:

• propriul plan

This is normal in Romanian when a definite adjective comes before the noun.

Because the definite article is already attached to propriul. Romanian normally marks definiteness only once in the noun phrase.

So you get:

• propriul plan

not:

• propriul planul

A good way to think about it is: the noun phrase is already marked as definite, so the noun itself stays in the plain form.

Because propriul is already in a definite form, and Romanian does not combine un with that kind of definite structure.

So:

• Avem propriul plan. = We have our own plan.

If you want a more indefinite idea, like We have a plan of our own, Romanian can say:

• Avem un plan propriu.

That is a very useful contrast.

Plan is a neuter noun in Romanian.

That matters because neuter nouns behave:

• like masculine in the singular
• like feminine in the plural

So in the singular you get:

• propriul plan

In the plural you get:

• propriile planuri = our own plans

That is why the singular form looks masculine even though the noun is actually neuter.

Yes, but it is not exactly the same.

• Avem planul nostru. = We have our plan
• Avem propriul plan. = We have our own plan

The version with propriul is more emphatic. It stresses that the plan belongs to us and is our own, perhaps in contrast to someone else’s plan.

Yes. Avem propriul nostru plan is possible and more explicit.

It means roughly:

• We have our own plan
• or even We have our very own plan

Compared with Avem propriul plan, it sounds a bit stronger or more emphatic because both propriul and nostru point to possession.

Yes, Romanian word order is fairly flexible, but Avem propriul plan is the most neutral and natural version.

You might also hear:

• Noi avem propriul plan.

That adds emphasis to we. But if you are just stating the idea plainly, Avem propriul plan is the best choice.