Romanian Plural

Romanian Plural

If you're trying to learn Romanian Plural you will find some useful resources including a course about Plural and Singular... to help you with your Romanian grammar. Try to concentrate on the lesson and notice the pattern that occurs each time the word changes its place. Also don't forget to check the rest of our other lessons listed on Learn Romanian. Enjoy the rest of the lesson!

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Romanian Plural

Learning the Romanian Plural is very important because its structure is used in every day conversation. The more you practice the subject, the closer you get to mastering the Romanian language. But first we need to know what the role of Plural is in the structure of the grammar in Romanian.

Romanian Plurals are grammatical numbers, typically referring to more than one of the referent in the real world. In the English language, singular and plural are the only grammatical numbers.

Grammar Tips:

While in English, the plural is formed by adding (s) to the singular. Generally, in Romanian, masculine nouns and adjectives end in (i) and feminine ones end in (e). The third gender in Romanian, called “neuter” is used mostly for objects or concepts, and has a masculine form in the singular and a feminine form in the plural. Here are some examples:

Masculine: Un  prieten (a friend) becomes Niște prieteni (some friends)

Feminine: O fată (one girl) becomes Niște fete (some girls)

Neuter: Un scaun (one chair) becomes Niște scaune (some chairs)

Other rules for the plural forms:

-       The masculine nouns ending in (-st), turn (s) into (ș) and then add (i). For example:

Un economist (one economist) becomes Niște economiști (some economists)

-       The masculine nouns ending in (-t), turn (t) into (ț) and then add (i). For example:

Un student (one student) becomes Niște studenți (some students)

-       The masculine nouns ending in (-d), turn (d) into (z) and then add (i). For example:

Un nomad (one nomad) becomes Niște nomazi (some nomads)


Here are some examples:

English PluralRomanian Plural
PluralPlural
my bookcartea mea
my bookscartile mele
our daughterfiica noastră
our daughtersfiicele noastre
I'm coldMi-e frig
we're coldNe este frig
his chickensPuii săi
their chickenPuii lor

As you can see from the example above, the structure of the Plural in Romanian has a logical pattern. Locate the Plural above and see how it works with the rest of the sentence in Romanian.

List of Plurals in Romanian

Below is a list of the Plurals and Singulars in Romanian placed in a table. Memorizing this table will help you add very useful and important words to your Romanian vocabulary.

English PluralRomanian Plural
alligatoraligator
alligatorsaligatorii
bearurs
bearsurşii
birdpasăre
birdspăsări
bulltaur
bullstauri
catpisică
catspisici
cowvacă
cowsvaci
deercerb
many deermulţi cerbi
dogcâine
dogscâini
donkeymăgar
donkeysmăgari
eaglevultur
eaglesvulturii
elephantelefant
elephantselefanţi
giraffegirafă
giraffesgirafe
goatcapră
goatscapre
horsecal
horsescai
lionleu
lionslei
monkeymaimuţă
monkeysmaimuţe
mouseşoarece
miceşoareci
rabbitiepure
rabbitsiepuri
snakeşarpe
snakesşerpi
tigertigru
tigerstigrii
wolflup
wolveslupi

Plural and Singular have a very important role in Romanian, therefore they need very special attention. Once you're done with Romanian Plural, you might want to check the rest of our Romanian lessons here: Learn Romanian. Don't forget to bookmark this page.

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