Romanian Numbers - Adverbial Numbers

Adverbial Numbers

The adverbial number is the number used to show the repetition of a certain event, in constructions such as de cinci ori "five times". The table below shows a few examples of adverbial numbers.

Number	Adverbial number	English
1	o dată	once
2	de două ori	twice
3	de trei ori	three times (thrice)
12	de douăsprezece ori	twelve times
21	de douăzeci și una de ori	twenty-one times
22	de douăzeci și două de ori	twenty-two times

For number 1 the usual form is o dată ("once", "one time"). The construction o oară is possible, but rarely used. In the plural, the adverbial numbers are formed using the preposition de, the cardinal number in the feminine, and the noun ori "times", which is the plural of the feminine noun oară.

Sample sentences:

Am citit cartea de trei ori. "I've read the book three times."
„Poştaşul sună întotdeauna de două ori” "The postman always rings twice"

Approximate numbers can be used, like in the examples below.

Ţi-am spus de zeci de ori că nu mă interesează. "I've told you dozens (textually: tens] of times I'm not interested."
Am ascultat cîntecul acesta de sute de ori. "I've listened to this song hundreds of times."

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