"un băiat, doi băieți"

Translation: a boy, two boys

[Ars_inveniendi]

masculine nouns ending in -st become -şti, all other nouns ending in -t become ţi

[Amelia448024]

i know

[AndrSantos21]

Why does the "a" from Baiat changes to "e" in plural?

[LaudaMercurium]

My guess would be that historically the final -i caused the "a" to raise to "e." words where this raising doesn't occur are probably following the standard pattern or just adding "-i" and words like "băiat/băieți" and even "fată/fete" are fossilized examples of what was once a regular sound change.

[Bluthund]

Why does the "a" from man change to "e" in plural?

[AndrSantos21]

why doesnt both -a- change then? Since man changes to men, why not băiat to beieți.

[OliverBens6]

So you have:

1. Copil - copii
2. Barbat - barbati
3. Baiat - Baieti

Romanian is... interesting. Great course as well! Just started (as my new resolution (it's 01/01/2018 today)! =)

[da1ana]

I'm very happy to hear that. I'm a native Romanian and I'm doing this course just to help the others with their questions. I hope you still learn Romanian =D

[Amelia448024]

me too, i just moved from moldova

[shinewithinyou]

That's good to hear. My Dad is from Romania so he's been teaching me ever since I could talk. I'm not fluent in it yet but im close.

[Amelia448024]

i wish it was 2018, 2020 has everyone dying

[AntonelaBilic]

how do u know a difference between "a(boy)" and "one(boy)" when u have "un baiat"

[BrasovDesign]

There is no difference. „Un băiat” means „a boy” or „one boy”, they are the same in Romanian.

[Grace907266]

Why is 'two' sometimes doi and at other times 'doua'?

[Nelli315140]

'doi' is male; 'doua' is female

[Amelia448024]

you mean masculine