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### Feminine Plurals (-e and -i)

Now let's look at how to make feminine nouns plural. Unlike masculine nouns, which almost always take an *-i*, feminine nouns typically form their plural by changing their ending to either **-e** or **-i**.

For example, **sticlă** (bottle) becomes **sticle**, and **floare** (flower) becomes **flori**.

When talking about an unspecified quantity in the plural, Romanian uses the word **niște** (some).

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### The Definite Plural: "The" (-le)

Remember that in Romanian, the word "the" attaches to the end of the noun. 

For feminine plural nouns, the definite article is the suffix **-le**. You simply add this directly to the plural form of the word.

- **sticle** (bottles) + **-le** = **sticlele** (*the* bottles)
- **flori** (flowers) + **-le** = **florile** (*the* flowers)

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### Spelling Changes and More Examples

Just like with masculine nouns, some feminine nouns undergo small internal spelling changes when they become plural. For example, the *a* in **geantă** (bag) changes to an *e* in the plural **genți** (bags).

However, the plural endings (**-e** or **-i**) and the definite suffix (**-le**) always follow the same rules.

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

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)

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

Adjectives and agreement

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
the bottle	sticla
some	niște
I have a bottle and you have some bottles.	Eu am o sticlă și tu ai niște sticle.
There are some bottles there.	Acolo sunt niște sticle.
the flower	floarea
The girl has some flowers.	Fata are niște flori.
the bag	geanta
the box	cutia
The woman has a bag and some boxes.	Femeia are o geantă și niște cutii.
You have some bags.	Voi aveți niște genți.
the key	cheia
The student has some keys.	Studenta are niște chei.
the coat / the garment (pl. clothes)	haina
You have a coat and she has some coats.	Tu ai o haină și ea are niște haine.
There are some boxes there.	Acolo sunt niște cutii.
the lamp	lampa
Here are some lamps.	Aici sunt niște lămpi.
the picture	poza
You have some pictures.	Tu ai niște poze.
the letter	scrisoarea
They have some letters.	Ei au niște scrisori.
The man has a letter.	Bărbatul are o scrisoare.
The bottles and the flowers are here.	Sticlele și florile sunt aici.
Where are the bags?	Unde sunt gențile?
The teacher does not have the keys.	Profesorul nu are cheile.
The boxes and the lamps are there.	Cutiile și lămpile sunt acolo.
The boy has the pictures.	Băiatul are pozele.
The girls have the books and the coats.	Fetele au cărțile și hainele.
Where are the letters?	Unde sunt scrisorile?
Where are the keys and the bags?	Unde sunt cheile și gențile?
The women have some flowers here.	Femeile au niște flori aici.
The girls have the books now.	Fetele au cărțile acum.
The cars are small, but the houses are very big.	Mașinile sunt mici, dar casele sunt foarte mari.