Breakdown of Educația acestor doi băieți este foarte strictă.
fi
to be (sunt, ești, este, suntem, sunteți, sunt)
băiatul
the boy
foarte
very
doi
two
acestor
of/to these
educația
the education / the upbringing
strict
strict
Questions & Answers about Educația acestor doi băieți este foarte strictă.
Why do we use acestor instead of acești (these)?
We need to express 'of these', which indicates possession and requires the genitive case. In Romanian, the masculine plural demonstrative acești changes to acestor in the genitive (and dative) cases. It does the job of the English word 'of'.
Why does acestor come before the number doi?
In Romanian, when a demonstrative adjective like acestor (of these) is used with a number and a noun, it typically takes the first position. The standard word order is demonstrative + number + noun, giving us acestor doi băieți.
If we are talking about two boys, why isn't the adjective strictă in the masculine plural form?
How would the phrase 'of these two boys' change if they were girls?
The feminine word for 'two' is două, and 'girls' is fete. Interestingly, the plural genitive demonstrative acestor is exactly the same for both masculine and feminine nouns! So, 'of these two girls' would simply be acestor două fete.
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