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Câinii mici sunt acolo.

Câinii mici sunt acolo.
The small dogs are there.
From Lesson 7:Masculine plural nouns (-i, -ii)·Romanian

Questions & Answers about Câinii mici sunt acolo.

Why does Câinii end with a double 'i'?
The singular word for "dog" is câine (a masculine noun). To make it plural ("dogs"), we change the ending to get câini. To say "the dogs", we add the masculine plural "the" ending, which is another -i. So, câini + -i becomes câinii.
Why is the adjective mici placed after Câinii?
In Romanian, descriptive adjectives almost always come after the noun they describe. Instead of saying "the small dogs" like in English, you literally say "the dogs small" (câinii mici).
Why is the word for small mici instead of mic?
In Romanian, adjectives have to match the noun they are describing. Because câinii (the dogs) is plural, the adjective mic (small) must also change to its plural form, which is mici.
Wait, doesn't sunt mean "I am"?
Yes, but it also means "they are"! The verb a fi (to be) is irregular. Both the "I" form (eu sunt) and the "they" form (ei/ele sunt) use the exact same word. In this sentence, it means "are" because it refers to the dogs.

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