The definite article is required: -when a noun is the subject of a sentence: Incorrect: *Carte este pe masă. Correct: Cartea este pe masă. -when a noun preceded by the preposition „cu” indicates the instrument, the association or the means of transportation: Incorrect: *Scriu cu pix. Correct: Scriu cu pixul. Incorrect: *Merg cu prieteni la [...]
Names of common places Aeroport (airport) Bancă (bank) Bar (pub) Casă de schimb valutar (exchange office) Centru comercial (shopping center) Coafor (hairdresser’s) Farmacie (pharmacy) Hotel (hotel) Magazin (shop) Poștă (post office) Restaurant (restaurant) Secție de poliție (police station) Spital (hospital) Supermarket (supermarket) Billboards and signs Accesul interzis = engl. no access Apă potabilă = engl. [...]
Parts of the day dimineață (engl. morning) prânz (engl. noon) după-amiază (engl. afternoon) seară (engl. evening) noapte (engl. night) în timpul dimineții (engl. during the morning) în timpul zilei (engl. during the day) în timpul serii (engl. during the evening) în timpul nopții (engl. during the night) dimineața (engl. in the morning) dis-de-dimineață (engl. early [...]
During the last years, the influence of other languages over Romanian was powerful and a large number of foreign words have penetrated into Romanian. Some foreign words became very common and one of the most important spelling dictionaries, “Dicționarul ortografic, ortoepic și de punctuație”, has introduced them in its latest edition (2005). Currently the influence [...]
The phrase “Sărbători fericite” (“Happy Holidays”) is used as a generic greeting for the winter holidays. Christmas greetings English Romanian Christmas Crăciun (plural: Crăciunuri) Merry Christmas! Crăciun fericit! Christmas eve Ajunul Crăciunului “Crăciun” is considered a neutral word in Romanian. Christmas is the Feast of the Nativity and is celebrated on December 25th. On Christmas, [...]
Aș dori să văd meniul = engl. I would like to see the menu Aș vrea o cafea, vă rog = engl. I would like a coffee, please Vreau un suc de portocale, vă rog = engl. I want an orange juice, please Aș vrea doar o salată = engl. I would like just a [...]
Are you a tourist in Romania and you need to ask for information? Here you can find some useful phrases that you can use.
Some popular refusal phrases and clauses in Romanian are: Nu sunt de acord cu tine (informal) (I don’t agree with you) Nu sunt de acord cu dumneavoastră (formal) (I don’t agree with you) Greșești (informal) (you are wrong) Greșiți (formal) (you are wrong) Nici vorbă (it’s out of the question) Resping categoric ideea (I definitely [...]
Cred că (I think that) Consider că (I consider that) Personal, cred că (Personally, I think that) În opinia mea (In my opinion) Mi se pare că (It seems to me that) Înțeleg (I understand) Înclin să cred că (I tend to believe that) După cum văd lucrurile (As I see things) Asta e și [...]
Three religious words appear in some Romanian curses: “Paștele” (the Easter), “Dumnezeu” (God) and “Cristos” (Christ). The curses that imply these religious words are: “Paștele mă-tii!” “Dumnezeul mă-tii!” “Cristosul / Cristoșii mă-tii!” The word “mă-tii” is the genitive form of “mama ta” (your mother). In the spoken language is used the popular form “maică-ta” (instead [...]
Some popular approving phrases in Romanian are: Bineînțeles (of course) Sigur (sure) Sunt de acord cu tine (informal) (I agree with you) Sunt de acord cu dumneavoastră (formal) (I agree with you) Fără nicio îndoială (without any doubt) Așa este (that’s right) Foarte bine (very good) Întotdeauna / mereu (always) Perfect (perfect) În ceea ce [...]
Two words appear in most of the Romanian curses: “naiba” and “dracu”. Both mean “devil” with the difference that “naiba” is less strong than “dracu”. The word “naiba” has a Turkish etymology (“naibe”) and reached Romanian through the gypsy word “naibah”. “Naiba” is more a generic curse word than the proper name of the devil. [...]
The Romanian word for “Easter” is “Paște“. The Latin etymology “Paschae” caused different forms of the word in other Latin languages: Italian “Pasqua”, French “Pâques”, Portuguese “Pascoa”, Romanian “Paște”. The form “Paște” was considered a singular form in Romanian; the plural form is “Paști”. The most commune greeting in Romanian at Easter is: “Paște fericit” [...]
The indefinite pronouns and adjectives are: ceva (something / anything) cineva (somebody / someone) orice (anything / whatever / any) oricine (anybody) oricare (anybody) altceva (something else) altcineva (somebody else) fiecare (every / everyone) alt / altă / alți / alte (other) un / o (one / a) unul / una (one) unii / unele [...]
The most commune conjunction in Romanian is “că” and is used after verbs and phrases as: a spune (to say), a zice (to tell), a crede (to believe), a fi sigur (to be sure), a avea certitudinea (to be sure), a stabili (to establish). Listen to this audio lesson by clicking the play button below. [...]
In order to get a taxi, you need to know some phrases. Dialog 1 Ioana: Bună ziua. Aș dori să comand un taxi la Universitate, Facultatea de Istorie. (Hello. I would like to order a taxi at the University, Faculty of History) Taxiurile: Nu avem nicio mașină disponibilă pentru această zonă. (We don’t have [...]