Going to bed
Perna (the pillow), pătura (the blanket), pijamaua (the pajamas) and deșteptătorul (the alarm clock, from a deștepta, an older word for waking someone up). Note that pijama is singular in Romanian: o pijama is one pair of pajamas.
Nouns in stressed -a and -ea
Three of this lesson's nouns end in a stressed vowel, like cafea and canapea. They take -ua in the definite and -le in the plural:
| a … | the … | plural |
|---|
| o perdea | perdeaua | perdele |
| o pijama | pijamaua | pijamale |
| o debara | debaraua | debarale |
Give it to me
Both perna and pătura are feminine, so in a command they become -o after the dative: dă-mi-o, adu-mi-o.
Putting in, warming up, shaving
Băga is the everyday verb for putting something into something: bag, bagi, bagă, băgăm, băgați, bagă. Încălzi goes like vorbi: încălzesc, încălzești, încălzește. Rade means to shave (off): rad, razi, rade, past participle ras. With se it is shaving yourself, like se bărbieri. Do not confuse it with râde (to laugh).
Underneath
Dedesubt is an adverb and stands without a noun: vecinii de dedesubt (the neighbors downstairs), pe dedesubt (underneath, of clothes). In front of a noun, use sub: sub pat.
