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masculine nouns ending in -st become -şti, all other nouns ending in -t become ţi
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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.
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Why does the "a" from man change to "e" in plural?
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why doesnt both -a- change then? Since man changes to men, why not băiat to beieți.
So you have:
- Copil - copii
- Barbat - barbati
- Baiat - Baieti
Romanian is... interesting. Great course as well! Just started (as my new resolution (it's 01/01/2018 today)! =)
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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
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.
how do u know a difference between "a(boy)" and "one(boy)" when u have "un baiat"
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There is no difference. „Un băiat” means „a boy” or „one boy”, they are the same in Romanian.
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So in one example in this exercise, un was used for "one" and in the the next one here it is used as "a". I thought "a boy" is just băiat and "one boy" would be un băiat, but now I'm confused
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You can't use "boy" alone in a sentece in English. You cannot say "He is boy", you must say "He is a boy" but in Romanian you can translate that both as „El e băiat” and „El e un băiat”.
