No. 107 in Romanian
acestea
"Acestea" means "these" in English.
In a sentence
Acestea sunt cărțile pe care le-am citit.
These are the books that I have read.
In this sentence, 'acestea' is a demonstrative pronoun used to refer to feminine plural nouns in the nominative or accusative case.
Am discutat cu prietenii mei despre acestea și s-au arătat interesați.
I talked with my friends about these, and they seemed interested.
Here, 'acestea' is a demonstrative pronoun in feminine plural form, referencing previous feminine plural entities in a conversation.
Îmi plac acestea deoarece sunt foarte confortabile.
I like these because they are very comfortable.
In this example, 'acestea' is used as a demonstrative pronoun to directly refer to a previously mentioned group of feminine plural items.
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