« LESSON 30- FOURTH CONJUGATION (PART 3)
LESSON 31- THE PLURAL OF NEUTER NOUNS
Neuter nouns ending in consonant
A part of them form the plural by adding the desinence -e to the singular form:
creion-creioane
Others form the plural by adding the desinence –uri to the singular form:
loc-locuri
Neuter nouns ending in palatalized consonant:
Some form the plural by adding the desinence –uri to the singular form:
unghi-unghiuri
Others form the plural by adding the desinence –e:
bici-bice
Neuter nouns ending in u vowel:
Some of them form the plural by adding the desinence –e to the root:
teatru-teatre
Others form the plural by adding the desinence –uri to the root:
lucru-lucruri
Neuter nouns ending in –u semivowel:
If before the "u" there is an "o" the y form the plural by adding the desinence -uri to the root.
birou-birouri
A part of the others neuter nouns ending in –u semivowel form the plural by adding the desinence “ie” (that’s what can be heard) to the root. We write it ie, like in:
curcubeu-curcubeie
muzeu-muzee
There are a lot of neuter nouns that don’t have an “o” before the u but they form the plural by adding the desinence –uri to the root:
râu-râuri
Neuter nouns ending in –i semivowel:
They form the plural by adding the desinence –e to the singular form:
cui-cuie
or -uri:
ceai-ceaiuri
Neuter nouns ending in –e:
They don’t change their form when pluralized:
spate-spate