Counting to ten in Romanian
One to ten, for prices, platforms, rooms and how many beers. Play the ten Romanian words against the clock, with a note on how locals really use each one after every answer. All ten are written out below.
All 10 Romanian phrases in this lesson
- UnuOO-noo
- One
- Doidoy
- Two
- Treitray
- Three
- PatruPAH-troo
- Four
- CinciCHEENCH
- Five
- ȘaseSHAH-seh
- Six
- ȘapteSHAHP-teh
- Seven
- Optopt
- Eight
- NouăNOH-wuh
- Nine
- ZeceZEH-cheh
- Ten
Un (oon) before masculine nouns, o (oh) before feminine nouns, and unu on its own when counting. Romanian gender agreement trips up beginners but context always saves you.
Doi for masculine, două (DOW-uh) for feminine. When counting aloud or giving a number alone, doi is the default.
Sounds exactly like the English word "tray". Romanian numbers from three upward do not change for gender, which is a relief after one and two.
The ci combination makes a ch sound in Romanian. Cinci looks baffling at first glance but is easy once you know the rule: c before i or e sounds like ch in "cheese".
Again c before e makes the ch sound. Twenty is douăzeci (DOW-uh-ZEH-chee), literally two-tens. Romanian numbers are built logically from these roots.