"They are Romanian."

Translation: Sunt românești.

[dogbuster2005]

What is the difference between romănească and românești? I don't understand how they are supposed to be different, can anyone explain?

[coto.i]

In Romanian, the adjective agrees in gender and number with the noun that it describes.

M./N. SG. | Banul/stiloul este românesc. = The coin/pen is Romanian.

M./N. PL. | Banii/stilourile sunt românești. = The coins/pens are Romanian.

F. SG. | Cartea este românească. = The book is Romanian.

F. PL. | Cărțile sunt românești. = The books are Romanian.

For people:

M. | Ion este român. = Ion is Romanian.

F. | Maria este româncă. = Maria is Romanian.

PL. M.+M. or M.+F. | Ion și Maria sunt români. = Ion and Maria are Romanian.

PL. F.+F. | Maria și Ioana sunt românce. = Maria and Ioana are Romanian.

[relox84]

They are different inflexions of the adjective românesc:

românesc is for masculine singular:
El este românesc = He is Romanian

românească is for feminine singular:
Ea este românească = She is Romanian

românești is for plural of both genders:
Ei/ele sunt românești = They are Romanian

[razvan.marin]

In Romanian it also matters whether you are talking about a person being a Romanian or about a thing being Romanian.

So when talking about someone being Romanian, you say:

• He is Romanian would be (El) este român
• She is Romanian would be (Ea) este româncă
• They are Romanian would be (Ei/ele) sunt români

Similarly, though there is no clear rule to follow, it differs from a case to another, we have:

• English would be englez / englezoaică / englezi / englezoaice
• French would be francez / franțuzoaică / francezi / franțuzoaice
• Danish would be danez / daneză / danezi / daneze
• Cuban would be cubanez / cubaneză / cubanezi / cubaneze

Yet when talking about things being Romanian, you say:

• It (masculine or neuter) is Romanian would be (El) este românesc
• It (feminine) is Romanian would be (Ea) este romanească
• They are Romanian would be (Ei/ele) sunt românești

Similarly, we have:

• It (masculine or neuter) is English would be (El) este englezesc
• It (feminine) is English would be (Ea) este englezească

• They are English would be (Ei/ele) sunt englezești

• It (masculine or neuter) is French would be (El) este franțuzesc

• It (feminine) is French would be (Ea este) franțuzească
• They are French would be (Ei/ele) sunt franțuzești

Yet for Danish and Cuban, you describe things in the same manner as people.

Even native Romanian get these wrong sometimes.

[Ryan189684]

When would someone want to use "Ei sunt romanesti" instead of just "Sunt romanesti"?

[coto.i]

• ei = they --- all masculine or masculine + feminine combined
• ele = they --- all feminine

If the context is not clear, use the pronoun.

[LidiaLita]

Sunt tromânești :(