Neuter nouns. Forming the plural
A neuter noun refers in general to a
thing or an inanimate object. The neuter nouns are masculine in the
singular and feminine in the plural. A native speaker of Romanian
knows that an inanimate word takes in the singular the masculine
numeral "un" and in the
plural the feminine numeral "două".
Examples: un telefon – două
telefoane (one phone – two phones), un
scaun – două scaune
(one chair – two chairs), un pix –două pixuri (one pen – two pens).
The plural endings for a neuter noun
can be: -e,-uri,-i.
These endings can be added to the final
letter of the neuter noun (bilete,dansuri) or it can replace the last
vowel of the noun in the singular (lucru
– lucruri, fluviu
– fluvii, teatru
- teatre).
Phonetic mutations in the stem are rarer
than masculine and feminine nouns.
Play: neuter nouns plural
Singular Plural
[consonant] -e
bilet (engl.
ticket), bilete
autobuz (engl.
bus), autobuze
-u -e
muzeu (engl.
museum), muzee
teatru (engl.
theater), teatre
-u -uri
râu (engl.
river), râuri
titlu (engl.
title), titluri
-(i)u -(i)i
fluviu (engl.
river), fluvii
fotoliu (engl.
armchair), fotolii
-i -e
tramvai (engl.
tramway), tramvaie
pai (engl.
straw), paie
[consonant] -uri
corp (engl.
body), corpuri
dans (engl.
dance), dansuri
-i -uri
taxi (engl.
taxi), taxiuri
Exceptions
nume (engl.
name), nume
prenume (engl.
first name), prenume
Mona Pologea, Ph.D. Linguist
Managing Director ROLANG School | 
