Numbers
In Romanian grammar, unlike English, the words representing numbers are considered to form a distinct part of speech, called numeral (plural: numerale). Examples:
- Cardinal
- Proper: doi (two);
- Multiplicative: îndoit (double);
- Collective: amândoi (both);
- Distributive: câte doi (in twos);
- Fractional: doime (half);
- Adverbial: de două ori (twice);
- Ordinal: al doilea (the second).
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Famous quotes containing the word numbers:
“All ye poets of the age,
All ye witlings of the stage,
Learn your jingles to reform,
Crop your numbers to conform.
Let your little verses flow
Gently, sweetly, row by row;
Let the verse the subject fit,
Little subject, little wit.
Namby-Pamby is your guide,
Albion’s joy, Hibernia’s pride.”
—Henry Carey (1693?–1743)
“Green grow the rushes-O
What is your one-O?”
—Unknown. Carol of the Numbers (l. 2–3)