Masculine nouns in
Romanian. Plural endings
A masculine noun
designates a word referring to a male person, animal, bird,
etc., or professions and nationalities referring to males.
Certain objects are also
masculine: pantalon – pantaloni
(trousers), pantof – pantofi
(shoes), as are some fruits: strugure –struguri (grapes), pepene
– pepeni (melon), and some
vegetables: castravete –castraveți (cucumber), ardei
– ardei (pepper), morcov
– morcovi (carrot).
The plural ending for a
masculine noun is always "i".
This letter is added to the end of a noun, but in most cases vowel or
consonant mutations in the root also occur.
Play: masculine nouns plural
Examples
consonant, -i
prieten,prieteni (engl. friend)
băiat,băieți (engl. boy)
-u -i
fiu,fii (engl. son)
leu,lei (engl. lion)
-e -i
frate,frați (engl. brother)
câine,câini (engl. dog)
-i -i
ochi,ochi (engl. eye)
pui,pui (engl. chicken)
Exceptions
tată,tați (engl. father)
popă,popi (engl. priest)
cal,cai (engl. horse)
copil,copii (engl. child)
Remarks
There are no specific rules for a vowel or consonant mutation: băiat
(singular) – băieți (plural), frate (singular) – frați
(plural).
In the singular, the
masculine nouns have different endings: consonant (prieten),
-u
(fiu), -e
(câine), -i
(ochi), -ă
(tată).
Certain masculine words
have identical singular and plural forms ("ochi,ochi" or "pui,pui").
Mona Moldoveanu Pologea, Ph.D. Linguist
ROLANG
School Managing Director
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