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ROUMANIAN GRAMMAR.
But the adjective may stand also before the noun. When it does so the rules are inverted; it is then the adjective that takes all the modifications, whereas the noun remains unchanged, save in the feminine genitive and dative singular, and in the plural:
| bunul om, | buniĭ ómenĭ. |
| a bunuluĭ om,———— | ————a bunilor ómenĭ. |
| bunuluĭ om,———— | ————bunilor ómenĭ. |
| etc. | |
| buna cassă, | bunele casse. |
| a buneĭ casse, | a bunelor casse. |
| buneĭ casse, | bunelor casse. |
| etc. | |
Note.—The use of the determinative cel and cea, when the adjective precedes the substantive is more common in verse than prose.
Comparison.
The comparison is formed by placing before the adjective the particle maĭ (magis) for the comparative, and cel maĭ for the superlative:
omul bun,maĭ bun,cel maĭ bun.
Numerals.
The following is a list of the names of numerals:—
| 1. un (masc.), una or o (fem.) | 5. cincĭ. |
| 2. doĭ (masc.),„ doă (fem.) | 6. ṣesse. |
| 3. treĭ. | 7. ṣepte. |
| 4. patru. | 8. opt. |
