Questions & Answers about Cheile noastre sunt pe masă.
What does cheile mean, and why doesn’t the sentence use chei?
Cheile means “the keys”.
- chei = keys (indefinite, without “the”)
- cheile = the keys (definite, with “the”)
In Romanian, the definite article (the) is added to the end of the noun, not in front of it as in English:
- o cheie = a key
- cheia = the key
- chei = keys
- cheile = the keys
So Cheile noastre sunt pe masă literally starts with “The keys of-ours are on table.” → “Our keys are on the table.”
Is cheile singular or plural, and what is the singular form?
Cheile is plural.
The forms are:
- Singular: cheie = a key
- Definite singular: cheia = the key
- Plural: chei = keys
- Definite plural: cheile = the keys
So in the sentence, Cheile is talking about more than one key.
Why is it noastre and not noștri, nostru, or ?