Learn Romanian: Găsesc banii și îi pun în portofel. - I find the money and I put it in the wallet.

In English, "money" is a singular concept, so we say "it". However, in Romanian, the word for money (bani) is masculine plural. Because direct object pronouns must match the noun they replace in both gender and number, we must use the masculine plural pronoun îi (them). Literally, the sentence is saying "I put them in the wallet."

Why does banii end in a double "i"?

The first i is part of the basic plural word for money: bani. To say "the money", Romanian attaches the masculine plural definite article, which is another -i, to the very end of the word. So, bani + -i becomes banii.

Why does îi come before the verb pun?

In Romanian, short direct object pronouns like îi almost always go directly before the verb. While in English you say "I put it" (verb + pronoun), in Romanian the order is swapped: îi pun (literally "them I put").

Why is there no word for "the" before portofel?

In Romanian, when a noun immediately follows a simple preposition like în (in/into) to show a location or destination, the definite article ("the") is usually dropped. So while English requires "in the wallet", Romanian just uses în portofel.