Breakdown of Am cumpărat o bijuterie din aur.
o
a / an (f)
avea
to have
din
from / out of / in (located in, after a noun)
cumpăra
to buy
aurul
the gold
bijuteria
the piece of jewelry
Questions & Answers about Am cumpărat o bijuterie din aur.
In English "jewelry" is uncountable, but here it says "o bijuterie". Is this noun countable in Romanian?
Yes! Unlike English, where you have to add "a piece of" to count jewelry, Romanian treats bijuterie as a regular countable noun. You can say o bijuterie (one piece of jewelry) and două bijuterii (two pieces of jewelry).
Why do we use the preposition "din" to say "of gold" instead of "de"?
In Romanian, din (which usually means "from" or "out of") is the standard preposition used to describe the material an object is made of. Whenever you are saying "made of [material]", you will use din, such as din aur (of gold) or din sticlă (of glass).
Would it mean the same thing if I used the adjective "aurie" instead of "din aur"?
Why doesn't "aur" have an article here?
When you state what material something is made of in a general sense, Romanian uses the bare noun without any articles. You would only add the definite article (making it aurul) if you were talking about a specific batch of gold, like in the phrase din aurul pe care l-am găsit (from the gold that I found).
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