Questions & Answers about Eu am o sticlă și tu ai niște sticle.
Why does sticlă change to sticle in the plural?
Sticlă is a femininenoun because it ends in -ă in the singular. To make it plural, the -ă is replaced by -e, giving us sticle. This -ă to -e change is one of the most common ways to make feminine nouns plural in Romanian.
What does niște mean, and do I have to use it?
Niște translates to 'some'. It acts as a plural indefinite article. Just like in English, you use it when you are talking about an unspecified number of items. You could technically just say tu ai sticle (you have bottles), but adding niște sounds much more natural.
Why are there two different words for 'have' (am and ai) in this sentence?
Romanian verbs change their spelling depending on who is doing the action. Am is the form used with eu (I have), and ai is the form used with tu (you have). Both are forms of the verb a avea (to have).
Why do we use o before sticlă?
The word o means 'a' or 'an' for feminine singular nouns. Because sticlă is feminine, we say o sticlă. If the noun were masculine or neuter, you would use un instead.