Topic: Romanian

"Patruzeci de bărbați mănâncă carne."

Translation:Forty men eat meat.

November 18, 2016

10 Comments

https://www.duolingo.com/garpike
  • 1412

Why is 'de' here? Is it required for numbers larger than ten?

November 18, 2016
https://www.duolingo.com/potestasity
  • 43

Short and sweet: for numbers ending in numbers larger than 20.
Long and complete: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Romanian_numbers#Preposition_de

November 19, 2016
https://www.duolingo.com/nunes89
  • 57

Can i say "numbers that end in -zeci and 'high numbers'"?

November 20, 2016
https://www.duolingo.com/potestasity
  • 43

As long as in "numbers that end in -zeci", you include the trailing units, i.e.
douăzeci și cinci de bărbați

November 20, 2016
https://www.duolingo.com/nahuatl1939

    Thanks for the link.

    July 3, 2017
    https://www.duolingo.com/nahuatl1939

      Mananca, from the popular Latin verb " manducare" this gave birth to Mangiare in Italian and Manger in French, whereas Spanish and Portuguese have " comer" Classical Latin verbs are EDERE and COMEDERE ) this is where the Spanish and Portuguese verbs are coming from.

      April 8, 2019
      https://www.duolingo.com/Lng52-._
      • 122

      Why isn't "mănâncăm" used?

      September 7, 2017
      https://www.duolingo.com/BenYoung84
      • 130

      Because that's the "we" form, not the "they" form.

      November 23, 2018
      https://www.duolingo.com/qwertybestie2007

        How can 40 men eat meat at the same time possibly in the same room????????????

        March 14, 2019
        https://www.duolingo.com/BenYoung84
        • 130

        Never been to a restaurant?

        April 6, 2019
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