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) (pronounced ); Adverbial: de două ori (twice); Ordinal: al doilea (the second). Verbs As in all Romance languages, Romanian verbs are inflected according to person, number, tense, mood, and voice. The usual word order in sentences is SVO (Subject – Verb – Object). Romanian verbs are traditionally categorized into four large conjugation groups depending on the ending in the infinitive mood. The actual conjugation patterns for each group are multiple. First conjugation: verbs ending in –a (long infinitive in –are), such as a da, dare "to give", a cânta, cântare "to sing", including those ending in hiatus ea, such as a crea, creare "to create". Verbs ending orthographically in and are also included here as their conjugation pattern matches this group, although the long infinitive ends in –ere: a veghea, veghere "to ward". Second conjugation: verbs ending in –ea (long infinitive in stressed -ere), only when ea is a diphthong, such as a putea, putere "can", a cădea, cădere "to fall". Third conjugation: verbs ending in –e (long infinitive in unstressed –ere), such as a vinde, vindere "to sell", a crede, credere "to believe". Fourth conjugation: verbs ending in –i or –î (long infinitive in –ire or –âre), such as a veni, venire "to come", a urî, urâre "to hate". Adverbs In Romanian, adverbs usually determine verbs (but could also modify a clause or an entire sentence) by adding a qualitative description to the action. Romanian adverbs are invariant and are identical in shape (being both homophones and homographs) to the corresponding adjective in its masculine singular form. A remarkable counterexample for this is the adjective-adverb pair bun-bine ("good" (masculine singular) – "well"). Some examples are Băieții sunt jucători buni. – The boys are good players. (adjective) Băieții joacă bine. – The boys play well. (adverb) Cântecul acesta este frumos. – This song is beautiful. (adjective) Cântăreața cântă frumos. – The singer sings beautifully. (adverb) Prepositions The preposition before a noun determines which case the noun must take. No prepositions take nouns in the nominative case. Prepositions with accusative pe is used to introduce a direct object when it is represented by a proper name, in which case it does not have a lexical meaning. Pe is also used