predicativ (nominal predicative). Adjective inflection Adjectives in Romanian inflect for number and gender (and for case in the feminine singular genitive/dative). There are adjectives that have distinct forms for all combinations, some that don't distinguish between gender only in the plural, others that don't distinguish gender, and a few that don't distinguish either gender or number. The adjective frumos ("beautiful") four distinct inflected forms: The adjective lung ("long") has three forms: The adjective verde ("green") has two inflected forms: The foreign borrowed adjective oranj ("orange") is called invariable, having just one inflected form. Adjectives that have more than one inflected form are called variable. Adjective syntax Syntactical functions of the adjective can be: Attribute, in case it defines a noun, pronoun or numeral. (e.g.: The blond boy is here. Băiatul blond este aici.) Adjectival complement, in case it defines a copulative verb. (e.g.: The boy is blond. Băiatul este blond.) Degrees of comparison An adjective also can have degrees of comparison. Positive Degree (frumos, beautiful) Comparative Degree: Of equality (la fel de frumos, as beautiful as) Of inequality (note that the following degrees are written as "comparative of superiority/inferiority", not as "comparative of inequality of superiority/inferiority") Of superiority (mai frumos, more beautiful) Of inferiority (mai puțin frumos, less beautiful) Superlative Degree: Relative Superlative Of superiority (cel mai frumos, the most beautiful) Of inferiority (cel mai puțin frumos, the least beautiful) Absolute Superlative (foarte frumos, very beautiful) Of superiority (foarte frumos, translated as "very beautiful") Of inferiority (foarte puțin frumos, roughly translated as "very little beautiful"). This form is not used very much, though, as antonyms can be used (foarte puțin frumos becomes foarte urât, "very little beautiful" becomes "very ugly") Pronouns Personal pronouns Personal pronouns come in four different cases, depending on their usage in the phrase. Nominative case There are eight personal pronouns (pronume personale) in Romanian: The pronouns above are those in the nominative case. They are usually omitted in Romanian unless it is necessary to disambiguate the meaning of a sentence. Usually, the verb ending provides information about the subject. The feminine forms of plural pronouns are used only for groups of persons or items of exclusively female gender. If the group contains elements of both genders, the masculine form is used. Pronouns in the vocative case in Romanian, which is used for exclamations, or summoning, also take the forms of the nominative case. Accusative case The