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doi is used for masculine plural words, două is feminine plural words or neutral plural words :-)
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Just like Portuguese. Dois for male plural, duas for female plural. Not like us Spanish speakers who only have "dos" for both plural genders.
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Două is the feminine form of doi, e.g. "două mere", "two apples"
Neuter words take the feminine form in the plural and the masculine in the singular
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Can you explain this? Neuter nouns in the plural form takes the feminine plural or singular form? And neuter nouns in the singular takes the masculine singular or plural?
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In a lengthier and more linguistic explanation, I assume that very early on, masculine, feminine, and neuter had very different forms, like in Latin. However, over centuries of use, the sounds and spellings of Romanian changed in such a way that the neuter words most resembled masculine in their singular forms, but feminine in their plural forms. Which is how they are often described today.
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Yes, neuter singular takes the form of masculine singular, and the same neuter at plural takes the feminine plural
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The singulare of any neuter noun IS and behave like a masculine. The plural of any neuter noun is feminine and inflected as such.
Example: one juice = un suc (masculine)
the juice = sucul (masculine)
two juices = două sucuri (feminine) (not „doi” as it would be for masculine plural)
the juices = sucurile
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No. Only one, two, twelve, and all numbers ending in them:
Two forms for one:
I have one pig. - Am un porc.
How many pigs do you have? One. - Câți porci ai? Unu.
I have one cow. - Am o vacă.
How many cows do you have? One. - Câte vaci ai? Una.
Two:
I have two pigs. - Am doi porci.
I have two cows. - Am două vaci.
Twelve:
I have twelve pigs. - Am doisprezece porci.
I have twelve cows. - Am douăsprezece vaci.
Numbers ending in one/two/twelve:
I have twenty one pigs. - Am douăzeci și unu* de** porci.
I have twenty one cows. - Am douăzeci și una de vaci.
I have twenty two pigs. - Am douăzeci și doi de porci.
I have twenty two cows. - Am douăzeci și două de vaci.
I have a hundred and twelve pigs. - Am o sută doisprezece porci.
I have a hundred and twelve cows. - Am o sută douăsprezece vaci.
* note that the două in "douăzeci" agrees in gender with the word "zeci" (tens).
** you can ignore the "de" particle for now :)
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Isn’t there a special mix for neuter nouns?
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What do you mean by mix?
A neuter noun is a noun that have a masculine form and behaviour in its singular form and a feminine form and behaviour when in plural form.
