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surioară
little sister /su.riˈo̯a.rə/
noun#3610 most common
Also: dear sister, sis
Example sentences
Ea are o surioară mică.
She has a little sister.
Surioara mea se joacă în curte.
My little sister is playing in the yard.
Am cumpărat un cadou pentru surioara mea de ziua ei.
I bought a gift for my little sister for her birthday.
Îi citesc o poveste surioarei mele în fiecare seară.
I read a story to my little sister every evening.
Surioarelor mele le plac poveștile cu zâne.
My little sisters like fairy tales.
Deși erau despărțite de mulți ani, legătura dintre ea și surioara ei rămăsese la fel de puternică.
Although they had been separated for many years, the bond between her and her little sister remained just as strong.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | surioară | surioare |
| Genitive | surioarei | surioarelor |
| Accusative | surioară | surioare |
| Vocative | surioaro | surioare |
Word family
sorăsister
surorisisters (irregular plural of soră)
sororalsisterly
consorăfemale colleague or fellow member
Etymology
Surioară is a diminutive of soră, the Romanian word for sister. Romanian soră comes from Latin soror, and Romanian keeps the old oblique stem soror- in several derived forms, including the plural surori and this diminutive. The suffix -ioară adds warmth and smallness, turning sister into little sister or dear sister.
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