Word
Planul meu are treizeci de luni.
Meaning
My plan has thirty months.
Part of speech
sentence
Pronunciation
Course
Breakdown of Planul meu are treizeci de luni.
avea
to have
meu
my [mea, mei, mele]
planul
the plan
de
of / to, near (after se apropia)
Questions & Answers about Planul meu are treizeci de luni.
Why do we need the word de in treizeci de luni?
In Romanian, when you have a number from 20 onwards (like treizeci, which is 30), you must put the preposition de before the noun it counts. It is like saying "thirty of months". For numbers under 20, you just put the number and the noun directly together (like trei luni for three months).
Why does it say planul meu instead of plan meu?
In Romanian, when you use a possessive word like meu (my), the noun before it almost always needs to have the definite article attached to its end. Plan means "plan", and adding -ul makes it planul ("the plan"). Literally, you are saying "the plan my".
I thought luni meant "Monday". Can it also mean "months"?
Yes, it means both! Luni is the plural form of lună (month). It is also the word for Monday. You can always tell which one it is by the context. Here, counting them with treizeci de makes it clear we are talking about months.
How do you form a number like treizeci?
It is a combination of two words: trei (three) and zeci (tens, which is the plural of zece). So treizeci literally means "three tens". This is how Romanian builds most of its "tens" numbers, such as patruzeci (40) and cincizeci (50).