Plurals
Oh boy, plurals. In Romanian, plurals can get a little complicated, but after a while you'll get used to them. Neuter words are by far the most complicated, I just memorize their plural forms. Below are some examples of plural rules and some changes. I hope it won't be too complicated for you :). The examples should clear it up.

Masculine Words

Masculine words that end in a consonant, add an i. Also on the last syllable, the s changes to an ș.
Romanian English
Român Romanian
Români Romanians

If ending consonant is t, change it to ț. This applies to pretty much all endings that change from t(vowel) to ți.
Student Student
Studenți Students

If consonant ends in al, el or il, change l to i.
Copil Child
Copii Children

If singular word ends in i, leave it as it is.
Ochi Eye
Ochi Eyes

If masculine word ends in ă, change to i. If consonant ending before ă is t, change it to ț.
Tată Father
Tați Fathers

If word ends in u, change to i.
Metru Meter
Metri Meters

Exceptions: Om (Man) - Oameni (Men)

Feminine Words

Feminine words that end in ă. Change to e (mostly with persons or if the last syllable ends with să).
Romanian English
Studentă Student
Studente Students

Sometimes the a in the syllable before the last will change to an e. "Casă" is not one of them.
Masă Table
Mese Tables
Casă House
Case Houses

ă --> i
Mașină Car
Mașini Cars
Ușa Door
Uși Doors

e ending changes to i. Many times in feminine words if the syllable before the last one has an a, in the plural it will change to ă with the i as the plural word ending.
Gară Station
Gări Stations
Mare Sea
Mări Seas
Carte Book
Cărți Books

If feminine word ends in ie after a consonant, ie changes to i.
Femeie Woman
Femei Women
Baie Bathroom
Băi Bathrooms

If word ends in ie after a vowel, it changes to ii.
Stație Bus/underground station
Stații Bus/underground stations

If word ends in ea. change to ele.
Cafea Coffee
Cafele (Cups of) coffee.
Stea Star
Stele Stars

If word ends in a. add le
Sofa Couch
Sofale Couches

If word ends in i. Keep it as it is
Tanti Aunt
Tanti Aunts

Exceptions: Șoră (Sister) - surori (Sisters), Noră (Daughter-In-Law) - Nurori (daughter-in-laws), Mână (Hand) - Mâini (Hands), Zi (Day) - Zile (Days)

Neuter Words

Something important about neuter words. They have masculine values in the singular, and feminine values in the plural. So, un loc - două locuri.

Neuter words that end in a consonant, add uri.
Romanian English
Loc Place
Locuri Places
Pat Bed
Paturi Beds
Tren Train
Trenuri Trains

Words that in consonant, add e.
Apartment Apartment
Apartmente Apartments
Capac Lid
Capace Lids
Institut Institute
Institute Institutes
Oraș City
Orașe Cities
Picior Leg
Picioare Legs

Words that end in u, changed to uri.
Birou Office
Birouri Offices
Lucru Thing
Lucruri Things
Tablou Painting
Tablouri Paintings

Change u to e.
Muzeu Museum
Muzee Museums
Teatru Theater
Teatre Theaters

Change iu to ii.
Exercițiu Exercise
Exerciții Exercises
Fotoliu Armchair
Fotolii Armchairs
Mileniu Millenium
Milenii Millenia
Salariu Salary
Salarii Salaries

If word ends in i, add e.
Tramvai Tram
Tramvaie Trams

If word ends in i, add uri.
Taxi Taxi
Taxiuri Taxis

If word ends in e, keep it as it is.
Nume Name
Nume Names

Exceptions: Cap (Head) - Capete (Heads), Râs (Laughter) - Râsete (Laughter), Ou (Egg) - Ouă (Eggs), Seminar (Seminar) - Seminarii (Seminarii), Burghiu (Drill) - Burghie (Drills), Sicriu (Coffin) - Sicrie (Coffins), Bisturiu (Scalpel) - Bisturie (Scalpels)


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