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Ea are șaptezeci de cărți vechi.

Ea are șaptezeci de cărți vechi.
She has seventy old books.
From Lesson 36:Counting by tens to 100·Romanian

Questions & Answers about Ea are șaptezeci de cărți vechi.

Why is there a de between șaptezeci and cărți?
In Romanian, any time you count 20 or more items, you must use the word de (which translates to 'of') between the number and the noun. You are literally saying 'seventy of books'.
How do you build a big number like șaptezeci?
You combine two words! It is made of șapte (seven) and zeci (tens). This is the standard pattern for numbers like 20, 30, and 40, literally meaning 'seven tens'.
What is the singular form of the word cărți?
The singular form is carte. To make it plural, the final -e changes to an -i, and the vowel a inside the word changes to ă. This is a very common plural pattern for feminine nouns.
Why does the word vechi come at the very end of the sentence?
In Romanian, descriptive adjectives like vechi (old) almost always come after the noun they describe, unlike in English where they come before. The end of this sentence literally reads as 'books old'.

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