"Poezia mea are doisprezece versuri."

Translation: My poem has twelve verses.

[jh963]

Shouldn't it be douăsprezece?

[razvan.marin]

Technically, yes. But I guess the author of this translation, like myself, never uses it. According to the latest rules, both forms are correct for feminine or neuter because doisprezece is used very often.

[jh963]

Oh, so in spoken language I can use doisprezece insted of douăsprezece?

[razvan.marin]

That's what I and many people do, both written and spoken. Reason for which both have become correct.

[jh963]

Okay, mersi. :)

[JonEnMiljon]

Seems good to know! Mulțumesc mult!

[Ursu_Brun]

The fact that you and others use a wrong construct doesn't make it right. It's like repeating a lie and presenting it as the truth. So, NO, using doisprezece is NOT CORRECT. The ONLY correct form is douăsprezece since the noun is neutre, therefore requires the feminine form for plural, and the numeral has to agree with the noun. Sorry to say this, Răzvan, but because of people misusing the language, 1. others get it wrong, 2. the language degenerates.

[lauregri]

To be correct, it should be! You cannot say "douasprezece copaci" or "este ora doisprezece" (correct "ora douasprezece"). Some illiterates are always missing the agreement.

[Orestis_kou]

"Poezia" is the poetry and also the poem, I guess. But I see on google translate you can use poem or poemă for poem, or not?

[Ursu_Brun]

Yes, you can, but these words are usually... poetic (pun intended) :o) so not used in everyday language. By far, the most common use is poezie.

[Lng52-._]

Can you also say, "Poemul meu are doisprezece versuri"?

[Ursu_Brun]

If you were asking about using "poemul" instead of "poezia", then, yes, you are correct. The problem, however, is that "doisprezece" is wrong and surprisingly so presented bu Duo as correct! Because versuri is neuter, therefore has a masculine form for singular and feminine for plural, therefore "douăsprezece" MUST be used. No other choice. Please check out my reply to Răzvan Marin as well, because he seems to misuse the language and drive others on wrong paths.

[UlfGManneb]

Both verses and lines is marked as correct. Can it mean both? How would you translate "The poem has four lines per verse " if so?

[Ursu_Brun]

Tricky question, tricky answer :o) In English, "verse" can be used in two ways, as "line" (vers, in Romanian) or as a group of lines (strofă, in Romanian), so, the translation for your sentence would literally be "Poezia are patru versuri în/per strofă."