"Unele fete sunt mai curate decât altele."

Translation: Some girls are cleaner than others.

[starfally]

This sentence is creepy.

[ArguingInElvish]

In no way do I find this phrase creepy. (nor insulting)

[Gian780453]

I do

[NedChamber]

Unele fete sunt mai mari decât altele - Morrissey

[Supremistul]

The Smiths reference! I really like that song!

[RicardoBaz8]

I was actually looking for this

[Thomas_Slo]

Has anybody else translated "mai" as "never" (Italian false friend)?

[nahuatl1939]

ma no ! mai !

[nahuatl1939]

Romanian MAI is Spanish MAS or Portuguese MAIS .

[MariaMyshk]

come mai?

[-masteRice-]

No, I don't think so... at least with this language. Never is nicodata (a-circumflex).

[vincemat]

Think of "MAI" in Italian as "jaMAIs" in French

[MozJames]

I interpreted this in the context of roommates, like in dormitories? Some girls (young women) keep their space clean, some don't.
I don't know if that's an accurate interpretation in Romanian, though.

[MsGeorgia]

Yes, this is a valid interpretation.

[Zkamin]

is niște also acceptable here instead of unele?

[rapuchan]

Niste really just means more than one and has no need for any other girls to exist in the world, while unele means "some, but not all".

[BiancaStnc]

It may be ok

[marinajone1]

Why is 'more clean' wrong? I am English speaking and I would say that.

[acetonum]

One should use "more" only if it does not have "-er" form

[lulubeck]

would "some of the girls" be wrong?

[DinhoDG]

"Some of the girls" would translate to "Unele dintre fete"

It would mean the same thing, just not word by word.

[Ars_inveniendi]

"some of the girls' does not mean the same thing as "some girls" in English. "Some" in "some girls" is a quantifier--there exists at least one girl who is clean... "Some of" is a partitive genitive--it's saying that some of a group of girls are clean

[Hannah795346]

What is the difference between ca and decat?

[ANfg91]

Said the sex trafficker who was just about to be arrested. Women please do not believe their lies about jobs!

[jasonbc123]

Well... if Duolingo says so.... It must be true! ( just kidding!)

[Mapka15]

Can one write "une fete"? Just as I saw "Uni bărbați)

[MsGeorgia]

There is no such thing as "une" or "uni". The correct words are "unele" and "unii", respectively. Unfortunately, the use of double or triple i is an issue for native speakers of Romanian who did not have a chance to or an interest in good quality education.

[-masteRice-]

I said more clean instead of cleaner, doesn't that work in this instance? If not, why?

[MsGeorgia]

"Clean" is a word of one syllable. In this case, the comparative is formed by adding the suffix "-er". See here for the complete set of rules for comparative/superlative formation for English adjectives: https://www.ef.com/wwen/english-resources/english-grammar/comparative-and-superlative/

[Cat757844]

when will you use "decât" and when will you use "ca"? such as in "decât altele" or "ca altele"? i keep messing that up. thanks in advance for your reply.

[SarahMnch1]

Is there always a definite article after "decat"? I would have written "Unele fete sunt mai curate decat alte" ... Thanks for answering!

[Ami287]

Why 'altele' and not 'alte'?