Learn Romanian: El vrea o jachetă maro. - He wants a brown jacket.

El vrea o jachetă maro.

He wants a brown jacket.

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Questions & Answers about El vrea o jachetă maro.

Why is it jachetă maro and not maro jachetă?

In Romanian, descriptive adjectives like colors usually come after the noun they describe. So, instead of saying 'brown jacket', you say 'jacket brown' (jachetă maro).

How do we know to use o instead of un for the word 'a'?

We use o because the word for jacket, jachetă, is a feminine noun. You can often guess that a Romanian noun is feminine if its singular form ends in the letter -ă.

Since jachetă is feminine, why doesn't the adjective maro change to match it?

The word maro is a special color adjective. It is 'invariable', meaning it never changes its spelling or ending. Whether you are talking about a masculine object, a feminine one, or even a plural one, it stays exactly the same.

Is vrea a regular verb?

No, the verb a vrea (to want) is irregular and very common. While el vrea means 'he wants', be careful not to confuse it with 'I want', which is eu vreau.