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Fratele meu este șaten.

Fratele meu este șaten.
My brother is brown-haired.
From Lesson 81:Hair, eyes and build (șaten, căprui, slab)·Romanian

Questions & Answers about Fratele meu este șaten.

Why does it say Fratele meu (the brother my) instead of just Frate meu?
In Romanian, when you use a possessive word like meu (my), the noun it belongs to usually must have the definite article ("the") attached to its end. That is why the base word frate (brother) becomes fratele (the brother). You are literally saying "the brother my".
Why is the word order Fratele meu and not Meu frate?
Unlike English, Romanian possessive adjectives (like my, your, our) almost always come right after the noun they describe, rather than before it.
Could I use the normal word for brown (maro) instead of șaten here?
No, maro is used for objects, clothes, and even eyes, but never for hair. When describing brown hair, Romanian uses the specific adjective șaten (for light to medium brown) or brunet (for very dark brown or black hair).
If I wanted to say "My sister is brown-haired", how would this sentence change?
You would say Sora mea este șatenă. The word for sister (soră) takes the feminine article to become sora, the feminine word for "my" is mea, and the adjective șaten gets an -ă at the end to match the feminine noun.

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