Learn Romanian: Profesorul are șaptezeci de studenți și optzeci de studente. - The professor has seventy male students and eighty female students.

Profesorul are șaptezeci de studenți și optzeci de studente.

The professor has seventy male students and eighty female students.

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How do you form numbers like șaptezeci and optzeci?

Multiples of ten are formed by combining the base number with zeci, which means tens. So, șapte (seven) plus zeci makes șaptezeci (seventy), and opt (eight) plus zeci makes optzeci (eighty).

Why is the word de used after the numbers here?

This is a very important rule in Romanian: for numbers from 20 onwards, you must put de between the number and the noun. You are literally saying seventy of students (șaptezeci de studenți). For numbers 1 through 19, you do not use de.

What is the difference between studenți and studente?

Romanian uses different endings for male and female people. Studenți is the plural of student (male student), while studente is the plural of studentă (female student). Note that if a group is mixed, Romanian uses the masculine plural studenți.

Where is the word for the in Profesorul?

In Romanian, the definite article (the word for the) attaches to the end of the noun instead of sitting in front of it. The base noun is profesor (professor), and adding -ul makes it profesorul (the professor).