Learn Romanian: Studenții au niște dicționare interesante. - The students have some interesting dictionaries.

Studenții au niște dicționare interesante.

The students have some interesting dictionaries.

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Questions & Answers about Studenții au niște dicționare interesante.

Why is interesante at the end of the sentence instead of before the dictionaries?

In Romanian, adjectives usually come after the noun they describe. So instead of interesting dictionaries, you say dictionaries interesting (dicționare interesante).

Why does interesant have an -e at the end here?

Adjectives must match the noun's gender and number. The noun dicționare is plural, so the adjective becomes interesante. Since dicționar is a neuter noun, it behaves like a masculine noun in the singular and a feminine noun in the plural. The feminine and neuter plural ending for this adjective is -e.

How do I know dicționare is a neuter noun and not feminine, since the plural ends in -e?

While many feminine plurals end in -e, many neuter plurals do too! A good trick is to check the singular form: dicționar ends in a consonant, not in -a or -ă (the typical feminine singular endings). This tells you it is neuter (un dicționar, două dicționare).

Why does studenții have two -is at the end?

The first -i makes the masculine word plural (student becomes studenți, meaning students). The second -i is the definite article the attached to the end. Together, they make studenții (the students).