Learn Romanian: Fata are niște flori. - The girl has some flowers.

While many feminine nouns take an -e in the plural (like fete for girls), many others take an -i. The singular word floare (flower) becomes flori in the plural. You generally need to memorize whether a feminine word takes -e or -i when you first learn it.

How do I pronounce the -i at the end of flori?

It is a 'whispered i'. You do not say it like a full 'ee' sound as in 'free'. Instead, make a soft, breathy 'y' sound or slightly smile at the very end of the 'r'. It changes the way the consonant before it sounds rather than adding an extra syllable.

The current lesson talks about the definite plural ending -le. Why isn't it used on flori here?

Because of the word niște (some). Niște acts as an indefinite article for plurals. Just like in English, you wouldn't say 'some the flowers'. If you wanted to say 'the flowers', you would drop niște and add the definite ending to get florile.

Is Fata a plural word? It ends in -a.

No, fata is singular and means 'the girl'. The base word for girl is fată, but to say 'the girl', the ending changes to -a. To make it plural ('girls'), it becomes fete, and 'the girls' would be fetele, using the -le plural ending from this lesson.