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### Placing Adjectives

In English, we say "a beautiful dog". In Romanian, the adjective almost always comes **after** the noun. 

Adjectives must also agree with the noun they describe in both **gender** (masculine, feminine, neuter) and **number** (singular, plural). Notice how the adjective **frumos** (beautiful) changes its ending depending on whether the noun is masculine or feminine:

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### Adjective Endings

Most adjectives follow regular patterns to match their nouns. A very common pattern adds **-ă** for the feminine singular and **-e** for the feminine and neuter plural.

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Some adjectives end in vowels like **-u** or **-i**. They still change to agree with the noun, but use slightly different endings like **-ă** or **-ie** for feminine singular nouns, and **-i** for plurals:

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Colors are also adjectives and follow these exact same rules:

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### Agreement with Neuter Nouns

Remember that neuter nouns act like **masculine** nouns in the singular, and **feminine** nouns in the plural. The adjectives describing them will do exactly the same!

Notice how the adjective takes the basic masculine form for a singular neuter noun (*tricou*), but takes the feminine plural form (*-e*) for plural nouns:

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Here is more practice with adjectives adjusting to different nouns:

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Adjectives and agreement

adjective

adverb

adverbial phrase

auxiliary

auxiliary verb

conjunction

determiner

interjection

noun

numeral

particle

preposition

pronoun

sentence

verb

The verb to be and definite articles (a fi, -ul, -le)

Feminine definite articles (-a, -ua)

Indefinite articles (un, o)

Negative sentences (nu)

Question words (ce, unde, cine)

The verb to have (a avea)

Masculine plural nouns (-i, -ii)

Feminine plural nouns (-e, -i, -le)

Neuter plural nouns (-uri, -e, -le)

Present tense of regular -a verbs

Present tense of -a verbs with suffix (-ez)

Present tense of regular -i and -î verbs

Present tense of -i and -î verbs with suffix (-esc / -ăsc)

Present tense of -ea and -e verbs

Reflexive pronouns (mă, te, se, ne, vă)

Accusative prepositions (în, la, pe, din, cu)

Likes and dislikes (îmi place)

Possessive adjectives (meu, tău, său)

Third-person possessives (lui, ei, lor)

Possessive articles (al, a, ai, ale)

Formal politeness (dumneavoastră)

Demonstrative adjectives (acest, acel)

Numbers 1 to 10

The number two (doi, două)

Numbers 11 to 20

Counting by tens to 100

Quantifying large numbers (de)

The subjunctive (să)

Third-person subjunctive (să)

Direct object pronouns (îl, o, îi, le)

Personal direct objects (pe)

Days of the week

Telling time (e ora...)

Months of the Year (January to June)

Months of the Year (July to December)

The Four Seasons

Weather Conditions

Rooms in a House

Basic Body Parts: Upper Body

Basic Body Parts: Limbs

Everyday Clothing

Basic Foods: Groceries

Fruits and Vegetables

Around Town

Getting Around

Setting the Table

A Colorful World

Common Animals

In the Wild

Jobs and Careers

Everyday Tech

Describing people (tânăr, bătrân, înalt)

Asking when and why (când, de ce, care)

Hello and goodbye (bună ziua, la revedere)

Coming and going (intra, sta, trece)

Where is it? (sub, lângă, între)

Knowing and thinking (știu că, cred că)

Sorry, welcome, congratulations (îmi pare rău, la mulți ani)

Introducing yourself (mă numesc, sunt din România)

How much and how many (puțin, prea, doar)

Can and may (pot merge, pot să merg)

If and whether (dacă)

At school and university

Irregular verbs in the present (vrea, lua, da, bea, sta)

Free time and sport

How much is it? (cât costă, câți, câte)

Before and after (înainte, după, până)

At the doctor (mă doare)

Meals of the day (micul dejun, prânzul, cina)

At the restaurant

Ability and permission (a putea să)

Obligation and necessity (trebuie să)

Desires and intentions (a vrea să)

Impersonal statements (se)

Adverbs of frequency (adesea, uneori)

Conjunctions for reasons and links (pentru că, deci)

Stressed accusative pronouns (pe mine, pe tine)

Indefinite pronouns (cineva, ceva)

Negative pronouns and double negation (nimeni, nimic)

The past tense auxiliary (am, ai, a)

The past tense (am, ai, a)

Regular past participles (-at, -it)

Regular past participles (-ut, -s, -t)

Negative past tense (nu am)

Past tense with reflexive verbs (m-am, s-a)

Question	Answer
beautiful / beautifully	frumos
He has a beautiful dog.	El are un câine frumos.
The woman is very beautiful.	Femeia este foarte frumoasă.
new	nou
We have a new car.	Avem o mașină nouă.
Where are the new books?	Unde sunt cărțile noi?
old	vechi
The old city is here.	Orașul vechi este aici.
The newspapers are old.	Ziarele sunt vechi.
expensive	scump
Is the new phone expensive?	Telefonul nou este scump?
They have some expensive coats.	Ei au niște haine scumpe.
cheap	ieftin
The t-shirt is cheap, but beautiful.	Tricoul este ieftin, dar frumos.
Do you have cheap cars?	Aveți mașini ieftine?
interesting	interesant
The book is very interesting.	Cartea este foarte interesantă.
The students have some interesting dictionaries.	Studenții au niște dicționare interesante.
clean	curat
The room is not clean now.	Camera nu este curată acum.
Do we have clean glasses?	Avem pahare curate?
dirty	murdar
The boy has a dirty t-shirt.	Băiatul are un tricou murdar.
The windows are dirty.	Ferestrele sunt murdare.
red	roșu
I have a red bag.	Am o geantă roșie.
Where is the red pen?	Unde este pixul roșu?
blue	albastru
The blue t-shirt is there.	Tricoul albastru este acolo.
The blue flowers are here.	Florile albastre sunt aici.
bad	rău
The coffee is bad.	Cafeaua este rea.
The dog is not bad.	Câinele nu este rău.
heavy / difficult	greu
The book is heavy.	Cartea este grea.
The box is very heavy.	Cutia este foarte grea.
light / easy	ușor
The bag is light.	Geanta este ușoară.
The chair is small and light.	Scaunul este mic și ușor.
open	deschis
The door is open.	Ușa este deschisă.
The museum is open now.	Muzeul este deschis acum.
closed	închis
The window is closed.	Fereastra este închisă.
The museum is not closed.	Muzeul nu este închis.
true	adevărat
Is it true?	Este adevărat?
Yes, it is true.	Da, este adevărat.
pleasant	plăcut
The house is clean and pleasant.	Casa este curată și plăcută.
The city is beautiful and pleasant.	Orașul este frumos și plăcut.

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