Definite Article (Suffixed)

01

The Singular Endings

• Masculine / neuter: add -ul (or just -l after a final -u): băiat → băiatul (the boy), scaun → scaunul (the chair).
• Masculine nouns ending in -e add -le: câine → câinele (the dog).
• Feminine: a final -ă becomes -a: casă → casa (the house); a final -e becomes -ea: carte → cartea (the book); a noun already ending in -a adds -ua.

• fată → fata

  girl → the girl

• cafea → cafeaua

  coffee → the coffee

02

The Plural Endings

• Masculine: add one more -i to the plural: băieți → băieții (the boys), copii → copiii (the children, with three i).
• Feminine / neuter: add -le: case → casele (the houses), scaune → scaunele (the chairs).

03

When to Use It

As in English, the definite article points to something already known, unique, or clear from context:

• Unde este băiatul?

  Where is the boy?

• Cartea e pe masă.

  The book is on the table.

• Casa noastră e mare.

  Our house is big.

Note that once the noun carries the suffixed "the", a possessive like noastră simply follows it.