The bride and groom
Mirele (the groom) declines like fratele: un mire, mirele. Mireasa (the bride) is o mireasă, plural mirese. Together, the couple are mirii. They are people, so as direct objects they take pe and a doubling pronoun, and the noun after pe drops its article.
The nași
A Romanian church wedding needs nașii: usually an older married couple, nașul and nașa, who stand with the bride and groom. One word covers both roles: the naș who sponsors a wedding and the godfather at a christening — and the wedding nași are often asked to christen the couple's first child too.
Customs
The bride throws her buchet, and a favorite game at the party is furatul miresei: friends "steal" the bride, and the groom's side has to buy her back.
Engaged, in love
Logodit (engaged) agrees like any adjective: logodit, logodită, logodiți. Dragostea is love; din dragoste is out of love.
Turning one: a împlini
A împlini (an -esc verb) means to complete or fulfill. With years it means to turn: împlinesc treizeci de ani (I'm turning thirty). For your age now you still say am treizeci de ani.
| a împlini |
|---|
| eu | împlinesc |
| tu | împlinești |
| el, ea | împlinește |
| past | am împlinit |
Falling in love, and wishing the couple well
A se îndrăgosti de someone is to fall in love with them; in the past it keeps its reflexive pronoun: m-am îndrăgostit, ne-am îndrăgostit, s-au îndrăgostit. At a wedding, guests wish the newlyweds casă de piatră!, literally "a house of stone": a home that lasts.
