"Noi avem copii."

Translation: We have children.

[travel.linguist]

So "noi" means "new" and "we"?

[potestasity]

Yes, they are homonyms.

[ftay98]

So they're not spelt the same?

[piguy3]

No, spelled the same: https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/noi#Romanian

A/the standard meaning of "homonym" I think is two "words" spelled the same but with unrelated meanings and possibly different pronunciation. Confusingly, one can find "homonym" defined as "homophone," which I think is the sort of situation you probably had in mind.

[ProDuoExtra]

Same as nouă which means nine and new-(when feminine).

[FaizalZahid]

Same question here

[raztud]

yes: noi means we; but noi means new only for plural nouns, like in: new shoes = pantofi noi; new girls = fete noi (and 'noi' should stay after the noun). if you put it in front of the noun... it is more complicated, noii pantofi = the new shoes; noile fete - the new girls. in this last case it emphasize the fact they are new/fresh.

[FaizalZahid]

Mersi!

[strainul]

mersi!

[flootzavut]

Is it weird that I guessed the "we" because the conjugation of the verb loosely fits with Slavic second person pronoun conjugation? My brain is weird!

[piguy3]

Hardly. Compare the (now archaic) full present tense conjugation of Russian быть with that of Latin sum :)

[MagnusPers]

Is "We have kids" wrong?

[Hector290697]

Noi...Romanian verb conjugated with "em" at the end. Is that how it works?

[Robbadob]

Yes. For first conjugation like mânca, add -ăm, for second and third conjugation like avea or scrie, add -em, and for fourth conjugation like dormi, add -im. It's sort of like Spanish with -ar, -er and -ir verbs.

a mânca (to eat / comer)
eu mănânc / tu mănânci / el, ea mănâncă
noi mâncam / voi mâncați / ei, ele mănâncă

a avea (to have / tener)
eu am / tu ai / el, ea are
noi avem / voi aveți / ei, ele au

a scrie (to write / escribir)
eu scriu / tu scrii / el, ea scrie
noi scriem / voi scrieți / ei, ele scriu

a dormi (to sleep / dormir)
eu dorm / tu dormi / el, ea doarme
noi dormim / voi dormiți / ei, ele dorm

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