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Welcome to the lesson on Romanian grammar cases! Cases play a crucial role in understanding the structure and meaning of sentences in the Romanian language. Romanian, like many other languages, has a system of noun declension that marks the grammatical case of a noun in a sentence. In this lesson, we will explore the five cases of Romanian - nominative, genitive, dative, accusative, and vocative - and learn how they are used in different sentence structures.

So, let's dive in!

Take a moment to explore these relevant pages as you conclude this lesson: Conditional Mood, Negation, Prepositions and Postpositions & Adjectives and Adverbs.

The Nominative case[edit | edit source]

It answers the question "who?" - "cine?

I Eu
You Tu
He, She El, Ea
We Noi
You Voi
They Ei, Ele

Examples[edit | edit source]

"We go to the mountains." "Noi mergem la munte."
"He is programmer." "El este programator."

Notes[edit | edit source]

El, ei masculine gender
Ea, ele female gender

The Acussative case[edit | edit source]

It answers the question "who?/whom?" - "pe cine/pe ce?")

Pe mine/m
Pe tine
Pe el/ea
Pe noi
Pe voi
Pe ei/ele

Examples[edit | edit source]

"I blamed you." "Eu am dat vina pe voi."
"We asked him if he want an ice cream." "L-am întrebat (pe el) dacă vrea o înghețată."
"My heart hurts." "(Pe mine) Mă doare inima."
"I moved to London." "M-am mutat în Londra."

Notes[edit | edit source]

Pe el, pe ei masculine gender
Pe ea, pe ele female gender

The Genitive case[edit | edit source]

It answers the question "whose?/of what?" - "A/al cui?"

Al meu, a mea
Al tau, a ta
Al lui/Al ei, a lui/a ei
Al nostru, a noastra
Al vostru, a voastra
Al lor, a lor

Examples[edit | edit source]

"This book is yours." "Cartea aceasta este a voastră."

Notes[edit | edit source]

Al lui the object is masculine gender; the person is masculine gender
A lui the object is female gender; the person is masculine gender
Al ei the object is masculine gender; the person is female gender
A ei the object is female gender; the person is female gender

The Dative case[edit | edit source]

It answers the question "who?" - "cui?"

Mie, îmi, mi(-)
Ție, îți, ți-
Lui/Ei, îi ,i-
Nouă, ne-, ni
Vouă, vă, vi
Lor, le-, li

Examples[edit | edit source]

"I gave him a name." "(Lui/Ei) i-am dat un nume."
"The success is thanks to him" "Succesul este grație lui."

Notes[edit | edit source]

Lui masculine gender
Ei female gender

The Locative case[edit | edit source]

It answers the question "to who?/to whom?" - "la cine?/la ce?"

La mine
La tine
La el/La ea
La noi
La voi
La ei/La ele

Examples[edit | edit source]

"We'll come to you." "(Noi) Vom veni la voi."

Notes[edit | edit source]

La el/La ei masculine gender
La ea/La ele female gender

The Ablative case[edit | edit source]

It answers the question "from who?/ from whom?" - "de la cine?/de la ce?/decât cine?/ decât ce?

De la/Decât mine
De la/Decât tine
De la/Decât el/ea
De la/Decât noi
De la/Decât voi
De la/Decât ei/ele

Examples[edit | edit source]

"I know this of you." "(Eu) Știu aceasta de la tine."
"He's taller than her." "El este mai înalt decât ea."

Notes[edit | edit source]

De la el/Decât el, De la ei/Decât ei masculine gender
De la ea/Decât ea, De la ele/Decât ele female gender

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