Learn Romanian: Clădirea gri este foarte veche. - The gray building is very old.

In Romanian, the word for 'the' (the definite article) attaches to the end of the noun. The base word is clădire (building), and adding -a at the end makes it clădirea (the building).

Why does the color gri come after the noun instead of before it?

Unlike in English, most Romanian adjectives come immediately after the noun they describe. So instead of 'the gray building', you say clădirea gri (literally 'the building gray').

Since clădirea is feminine, why doesn't gri have a feminine ending?

Gri is a special loanword that never changes its form. It stays exactly the same whether it describes a masculine, feminine, singular, or plural noun.

Why is the word for 'old' spelled veche here instead of vechi?

Adjectives must match the gender of the noun they describe. Because clădire is a feminine noun, we use the feminine singular form veche. If it were a masculine noun, we would use vechi.