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câte
how many /ˈkɨ.te/
adjective#421 most common
Also: each (distributive), some ... some, little by little (câte puțin)
Example sentences
Câte mere ai?
How many apples do you have?
Câte cărți sunt pe masă?
How many books are on the table?
Nu știu câte ore mai avem de lucru.
I don't know how many hours of work we still have.
Le-a dat copiilor câte un măr fiecăruia.
He gave each of the children an apple.
Câte puțin, am reușit să terminăm proiectul.
Little by little, we managed to finish the project.
Câte zile mai sunt până pleci, atâtea telefoane o să-mi dai.
For as many days as are left before you leave, that's how many calls you'll give me.
Word family
câthow much (masculine/neuter singular)câțihow many (masculine plural)
câtevaa few, several (feminine/neuter plural)
oricâtehowever many (feminine/neuter plural)
atâteaso many (feminine/neuter plural, correlative with câte)
Etymology
Câte is the feminine and neuter plural form of cât, Romania's inherited interrogative word for quantity. It comes from Latin quantus, quanta, quantum, meaning how much or how great. Romanian kept all four gender and number forms of the Latin word: cât, câtă, câți, câte.
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