Topic: Romanian

"un usturoi, doi usturoi."

Translation:one clove of garlic, two cloves of garlic.

December 22, 2016

10 Comments

https://www.duolingo.com/0Daro0

    so why is "a garlic, two cloves of garlic" wrong?

    January 12, 2017
    https://www.duolingo.com/PieS717058

      shouldn't this be cățel de usturoi?

      June 30, 2018
      https://www.duolingo.com/alur_blaze

        So garlic is like water in English, doesn't change by number?

        December 22, 2016
        https://www.duolingo.com/potestasity
        • 35

        No, it's like "sheep". Water doesn't have have a plural form, "usturoi" just has the same form for singular and plural.

        December 22, 2016
        https://www.duolingo.com/LouisKelly5

          Fish is another great example of non-pluralization..1 Fish..100 Fish ;)

          May 2, 2017
          https://www.duolingo.com/Gene947760
          • 815

          Yeah but fishes is correct too :-)

          April 24, 2018
          https://www.duolingo.com/gluadys

            No, it's not. There are a very few technical contexts where one might use "fishes". Even then "kinds/species of fish" would be more natural. In most cases only "fish" would be correct for the plural of "fish".

            August 16, 2018
            https://www.duolingo.com/BenYoung84
            • 123

            usturoi is like "sheep" but "garlic" is like "water".

            November 20, 2018
            https://www.duolingo.com/mason_b1

              1 garlic 100 garlic

              May 5, 2019
              https://www.duolingo.com/BenYoung84
              • 123

              Nobody says that.

              May 7, 2019
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