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amândoi
both /a.mɨnˈdoj/
adjective#427 most common
Also: both of them, the two of them together
Example sentences
Noi doi suntem amândoi fericiți.
The two of us are both happy.
Amândoi copiii merg la școală.
Both children go to school.
I-am văzut pe amândoi la petrecere.
I saw both of them at the party.
Amândoi frații locuiesc în Cluj.
Both brothers live in Cluj.
Ne-am întâlnit amândoi în același loc, din întâmplare.
We both ran into each other in the same place, by chance.
Amândurora le-a plăcut filmul, deși aveau gusturi diferite.
Both of them liked the film, even though they had different tastes.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | None | amândoi (m) / amândouă (f) |
| Genitive | None | amândurora |
| Accusative | None | (pe) amândoi (m) / amândouă (f) |
| Vocative | None | None |
Word family
amândouăboth (feminine)
ambiiboth (more formal, masculine)ambeleboth (more formal, feminine)
amândurorato/of both of them
Etymology
Amândoi comes from the fusion of Latin ambo, meaning both, with the Romanian numeral doi, two. As the bare form of ambo eroded in spoken Latin, speakers reinforced its meaning by tacking on the native word for two, and the two elements fused into a single word. The feminine form amândouă shows the same pattern, pairing the old Latin base with Romanian două, two. This kind of double-marking, where an inherited word gets reinforced by a native numeral, is common in Romanian.
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