Breakdown of Magazinul are optzeci de clienți.
avea
to have
magazinul
the store
de
of / to, near (after se apropia)
optzeci
eighty
clientul
the customer
Questions & Answers about Magazinul are optzeci de clienți.
Why do we need the word de after optzeci?
This is a special rule in Romanian! Whenever you count nouns with numbers from 20 and up, you must put the preposition de (which usually means "of") between the number and the noun. So, optzeci de clienți literally translates to "eighty of customers". For numbers 1 through 19, you just put the number directly next to the noun (like doi clienți).
How does the number optzeci translate to "eighty"?
In Romanian, the tens are usually built by combining the base number with the word zeci (the plural of zece, meaning "ten"). Here, opt (eight) + zeci (tens) becomes optzeci, which literally means "eight tens".
Why is the word for "store" written as magazinul here instead of just magazin?
Magazin just means "store". Because we want to say "the store", we need to add the definite article. Unlike English, Romanian attaches "the" to the end of the noun. For a neuter noun like magazin, the suffix is -ul, giving us magazinul.
What is the singular form of clienți?
The singular word for "customer" is client. That -i at the end of clienți is the standard masculine plural ending. Note that adding this -i also slightly changes the pronunciation of the "t" right before it, making it sound a bit like "ts".
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