# al

**Part of speech:** DET  
**Frequency rank:** #61 most common Romanian word  
**Language:** Romanian

Possessive article used before a noun when indicating possession and agreeing in gender, number, and case with the noun. It is part of Romanian possessive constructions such as "cartea lui Andrei" or, with the article, "cartea a lui Andrei" depending on structure.

## Meanings

- **possessive article used in genitive-like constructions** — Marks possession and helps connect a possessed noun to a possessor phrase; it changes form according to the noun it accompanies.

## Example sentences

- Este cartea alui? — _Is it his book?_
- Nu acesta este stiloul al meu, ci al tău. — _This is not my pen, but yours._
- Am vorbit cu o prietenă a lui Maria. — _I spoke with a friend of Maria's._

## Forms

a, al, ale, ai

## Nearby words by frequency

- [om](https://mostspoken.com/words/ro/om)
- [veni](https://mostspoken.com/words/ro/veni)
- [merge](https://mostspoken.com/words/ro/merge)
- [acest](https://mostspoken.com/words/ro/acest)
- [părea](https://mostspoken.com/words/ro/p%C4%83rea)
- [timp](https://mostspoken.com/words/ro/timp)
- [sta](https://mostspoken.com/words/ro/sta)
- [cine](https://mostspoken.com/words/ro/cine)
- [chiar](https://mostspoken.com/words/ro/chiar)
- [zi](https://mostspoken.com/words/ro/zi)
- [foarte](https://mostspoken.com/words/ro/foarte)
- [cel](https://mostspoken.com/words/ro/cel)

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Source: [https://mostspoken.com/words/ro/al](https://mostspoken.com/words/ro/al) — MostSpoken Romanian frequency dictionary.