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Ziarele sunt vechi.

Ziarele sunt vechi.
The newspapers are old.
From Lesson 10:Adjectives and agreement·Romanian

Questions & Answers about Ziarele sunt vechi.

How do we get ziarele from the basic word for newspaper?
The singular word for newspaper is ziar. It is a neuter noun, and its plural form is ziare (newspapers). To say "the" newspapers, Romanian attaches a suffix to the end of the word. For neuter plural nouns, this definite article suffix is -le, giving us ziarele.
Ziar is a neuter noun. How does that affect the adjective vechi?
Neuter nouns in Romanian act like masculine nouns in the singular, and like feminine nouns in the plural. Because ziarele is plural, the adjective needs to match the feminine plural form. In this case, the feminine plural form for "old" is simply vechi.
Does the adjective vechi change depending on the noun's gender?
It changes in the singular (vechi for masculine/neuter, veche for feminine), but in the plural, it is much easier! The plural form is always vechi regardless of gender.
The current lesson says adjectives come after nouns. Why is the verb sunt in between them here?
When an adjective modifies a noun directly as a pair, it sits right next to it (like ziarele vechi, meaning "the old newspapers"). However, this sentence uses the verb "to be" (a fi). Just like in English, when you say "the things ARE old," the adjective comes after the verb to describe the subject.

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