Learn Romanian: Eu caut pantalonul meu albastru. - I am looking for my blue trousers.

In English, we say "look for", but the Romanian verb a căuta (to look for) already includes the meaning of "for". You put the thing you are looking for directly after the verb, making it caut pantalonul. You should never add pentru (for) here.

The translation says "trousers" (plural), but pantalonul looks singular. Which is it?

In English, words like "trousers" or "pants" are always plural. In Romanian, a single pair of trousers is singular: un pantalon. In this sentence, pantalonul has the definite article attached at the end, meaning "the trousers" or "the pair of trousers".

Why is the word order pantalonul meu albastru?

Romanian word order here is the exact reverse of English! English puts the possessive (my) and adjective (blue) before the noun. Romanian puts the noun first (pantalonul), followed by the possessive (meu), and finally the descriptive adjective (albastru).

Why are the words meu and albastru used instead of other forms?

In Romanian, adjectives must match the noun they describe. Because pantalonul is a masculine singular noun, the words meu (my) and albastru (blue) are also in their masculine singular forms. If you were looking for a feminine object like a shirt (cămașa), you would say cămașa mea albastră.