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COLOURS/ CULORI

ROU

GALBEN

ALBASTRU

ROZ

MOV

VERDE

PORTOCALIU

MARO

NEGRU

ALB (white)

Examples:

Cerul este albastru. (The sky is blue)

Prul meu este negru. (My hair is black)

Hrtia este albastr/ alb. (The paper is blue/white)

Masa este neagr. (The table is black)

P.S.: Dont worry much about gender at this stage, only wanted to draw your attention to

them! There are exceptions too, for example even if the noun is masculine or feminine you

always use ROZ for pink, or MOV for purple.

The nouns prul and cerul end in ul

the equivalent of the definite article the

but used like this only for masculine gender.

The nouns hrtia and masa end in a

the equivalent of the definite article

the but used for feminine gender. Notice

that the change of the adjectives too (the

colours)!

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In the next lessons you will notice some other gender differences between the brackets.

Indefinite articles:

un "a, an" for masculine and neuter singular

nouns

o "a, an" for feminine singular nouns

Doi means two for masculine,

Dou two for feminine and neuter

Basically, if you count something like un castravete, doi castraveiit means it is a

masculine noun.

If you count o portocal, dou portocale it is a feminine noun.

But, for example un pat, dou paturi (1 bed, 2 beds) it is neuter.

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FRUCTE

ANANAS

PEPENE ( un pepene, doi pepeni)

MERE ( un mr, dou mere)

PERE ( o par, dou pere)

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PORTOCALE ( o portocal, dou portocale)

BANANE ( o banan, dou banane)

LMI (o lmie, dou lmi)

PRUNE ( o prun, dou prune)

CPUNE ( o cpun, dou cpune)

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CIREE ( o cirea, dou ciree)

PIERSICI ( o piersic, dou piersici)

STRUGURI

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LEGUME

ARDEI ( un ardei, doi ardei)

MORCOVI (un morcove, doi morcovi)

CARTOFI ( un cartof, doi cartofi)

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CASTRAVEI (un castravete, doi castravei)

CEAP ( o ceap, dou cepe)

CEAP VERDE (green onion)

USTUROI

FASOLE

MAZRE

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ROII (o roie, dou roii)

SALAT (o salat, dou salate)

RIDICHII

CIUPERCI

DOVLECEI ( un dovlecel, doi dovlecei)

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VINETE

DOVLEAC

ELIN

PORUMB

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MNCARE / FOOD

PINE ( o pine, dou pini)

PETE

BRNZ

We say brnz for the white type cheese!

For the yellow type (cheddar cheese?!) = CACAVAL

OREZ

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OU ( un ou, dou ou)

LAPTE

CEREALE

IAURT

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BUTURI/ BEVERAGES

AP

BERE

VIN

CAFEA

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CEAI

DULCIURI / SWEETS

CIOCOLAT

NGHEAT (from ghea = ice)

BOMBOANE DE CIOCOLAT

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CONDIMENTE / SPICES

ZAHR

SARE

PIPER (PEPPER)

ULEI (OIL)

OET (VINEGAR)