Learn Romanian: Câinele are nasul rece. - The dog has a cold nose.

In Romanian, when you talk about body parts, you almost always use the definite article (the word for "the"). Instead of saying "a cold nose" or "his cold nose", Romanian literally says the nose cold (nasul rece).

How is the word câinele (the dog) formed?

The base word for dog is câine. To say "the dog", Romanian attaches the definite article to the end of the word. For masculine nouns that end in -e, the attached article is -le, making it câinele.

Why does the adjective rece come after nasul?

In Romanian, most adjectives are placed right after the noun they describe. So instead of "cold nose", the word order is nose cold (nasul rece).

Would the adjective rece change if the noun had a different gender?

Not in the singular! Rece is an adjective that ends in -e. These are convenient because they use the exact same form for masculine, feminine, and neuter nouns as long as there is only one item.