Appendix:Romanian adjectives

Most adjectives in Romanian have more than one form for the various genders and numbers of nouns modified. Some have only one form for all genders and numbers.

For more detailed information on the declension of specific types of adjectives, see the following:

• 4-form adjectives

  End in consonants or -u (most adjectives are in this category)

• 3-form adjectives

  End in -c, -g, -esc or -iu

• 2-form adjectives

  End in -e, -i or -ui

Note that the number of forms to which the classes refer reflect the number of nominative/accusative forms, not all forms together.

Basic information

In Romanian, adjectives generally come after the noun they modify. When they come before, they are more emphasized. (Certain adjectives can only come before or after the noun they modify.)

Adjectives can be declined much like nouns when they come before the modified noun. This means that an adjective can be declined in nominative/accusative and genitive/dative cases, and can take the enclitic definite article. For example:

noun first	adj first	english
nominative/accusative
bărbatul amar	amarul bărbat	the bitter man
femeia frumoasă	frumoasa femeie	the beautiful woman
florile delicate	delicatele flori	the delicate flowers
vocea plăcută a lui	plăcuta voce a lui	his pleasant voice
genitive/dative
fiica bărbatului amar	fiica amarului bărbat	the bitter man's daughter
vocea femeii frumoase	vocea frumoasei femei	the beautiful woman's voice

The rules for declining adjectives in this way are the same as those for nouns. First the gender of the adjective must be determined, and from there the adjective is declined as if it were a noun of that gender. For information on this, see Appendix:Romanian noun declension.