2 februarie 2009 Lecia 7 I.

Culorile (the colors) rou galben albastru alb negru mov gri verde portocaliu roz maro Nuane: deschis nchis II. Haine (clothes) cma sacou costum cravat pardesiu geac lenjerie osete pulover bluz costum de baie pantaloni pantaloni scuri rochie fust tricou shirt jacket costume tie overcoat jacket lingerie socks sweater blouse swimsuit trousers shorts dress skirt shirt red yellow blue white black levender grey green orange pink brown Shades: light dark

III. Adjectivul posesiv (The possessive adjectives) eu Masc. Sg. Fem. Sg. Masc. Pl. meu mea mei tu tu ta ti el/ea (su) lui/ei (sa) lui/ei (si) lui/ei noi nostru noastr notri *always with one i noastre voastre lor voi vostru voastr votri ei/ele lor lor lor

Fem. Pl.

mele

tale

(sale) lui/ei

* su, sa, su, sale are used mostly in formal language IV. The descriptive adjective The adjective is generally placed after the noun modifies and it always takes the gender, number and case of the modified noun. Most adjectives are variable, and the "most" variable have four forms. The adjective modifying a neuter noun; is masculine in form in the singular and feminine in the plural. The dictionary form of the adjective, Le. the masculine singular nominative form, ends in a consonant, in -u, -e or -i. Feminine and plural forms can be built by changing the ending of the adjective through addition or replacement. Phonetic mutation may occur before the ending. Four-form adjectives Singular Plural Masculin Femi Mascul Femini e and neuter nine ine ne and -cons. +- + -i + -e bun good bun buni bune frumos frumoas frumoi frumoase -u - -i -e mndru mn mndr mndr proud dr i albatri e albastre albastru blue albastr continui continue most Romanian adjectives have four forms the four endings are consonant/ -u, -, -i, -e: bun, bun, buni, bune phonetic mutations in the stern are frequent: frumos, frumoas, frumoi, frumoase the ending -u for masculine singular usually occurs when the
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stern ends in consonant + r/l : albastru, albastr, albatri, albastre, or in -u: continuu, continu, continui, continue there are some irreguiar four-form adjectives ending in -u, such as: greu, grea, grei, grele heavy, difficult and ru, rea, ri, rele bad, mean, evil

Three-form adjectives -Singular Plural Masculin Femi Mascul Femini e and neuter nine ine ne and -cons. (+ - + -i rom romneti esc) romnesc Romanian mic neasc mici small larg wide -u (-iu) --ie rou red roi roii viu alive auriu e vii golden -tor -tori -toare fermect toare ferm ferme fermec or charming ectoare ctori toare There are two groups of three-form adjectives: masculine plural = feminine plural adjectives that end in -esc in the masculine singular:

pantofi romneti (mase. pi.) Romanian shoes cri romneti (fem. pl.) Romanian books adjectives that end in -c or -g in the masculine singular (nevertheless, some adjectives that end in -c or -g have four forms: srac, srac, sraci, srace poor, harnic, harnic, harnici, harnice hard-working, pribeag, pribeag, pribegi, pribege wandering, rambling) : biei mici (masc. pl.) little boys fetie mici (fem. pl.) little girls adjectives that end in -iu in the masculine singular:

perei aurii (masc. pl.) golden walls cupole aurii (fem. pl.) golden domes the adjectivenou^nwiflr,noi "new:

pantof nou (masc. sing.) new shoe cas nou (fem. sing.) new house pantofi noi (masc. pl.) new shoes case noi (fem. pl.) new houses feminine singular = feminine plural adjectives that end in -tor in the masculine singular:

o piatr strlucitoare (fem. sing.) a shining stone nite pietre strlucitoare (fem. pl.) some shining stones
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Two-form adjectives Singular Plural Mascul Femini Mascul Femini ine and ne ine ne and -e --i mare big verde mari verzi dulci green dulce sweet -i (-ui) -e (-i (-ui) vechi uie) veche vechi glbui old glbui glbuie - some adjecives of adverbial origin, as well as borrowed names of colors have only one form : om cumsecade decent man, femeie cumsecade decent woman, oameni cumsecade decent men, femei cumsecade decent women; perete roz pink wall, rochie roz. pink dress, perei roz pink walls, rochii roz pink dresses There are two groups of two-form adjectives: masculine singular = feminine singular and masculine plural = feminine plural adjectives that end in -e in the masculine singular:

pom mare (mase. sing.) big treefeas mare (fem. sing.) big house pomi mari (mase. pi.) big trees, case mari (fem. pi.) big houses masculine singular = masculine plural = feminine plural adjectives that end in -i in the masculine singular

prieten vechi (masc. sing.) old friend, prieteni vechi (mase. pi.) old friends, prietene vechi (fem. pi.) old friends prieten veche (fem. sing.) old friend the adjective "vioi" - vivid is irregular (masculine singular = masculine plu ral and feminine singular = feminine plural): bieel vioi (masc. sing.) vivid boy, bieei vioi (masc. pi.) vivid boys feti vioaie (fem. sing.) vivid gir\, fetie vioaie (fem. pi.) vivid girls One-form adjectives AII genders and numbers Various endings eficace efficient cumsecade nice, land, decent
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roz pink kaki khaki gri grey bleu light blue maro brown