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Romanian language lesson: Getting a taxi
In order to get a taxi, you need to know some phrases. [Audio clip: view full post to listen] 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 [...]
Romanian language lesson: Members of the family
Let’s learn the members of the family. The abbreviations used are the following: s.f. = substantiv feminin (feminine noun) s.m. = substantiv masculin (masculine noun) The plural form is indicated before abbreviation. mamă, ‑e (s.f.) = engl. mother tată, tați (s.m.) = engl. father frate, frați (s.m.) = engl. brother soră, surori (s.f.) = [...]
Foreigners crowd to learn Romanian in Lisbon
Portuguese, Italian, English and Dutch who live in Lisbon recently showed an increasing interest in learning Romanian. The spring semester of the Romanian language courses organized by the Romanian Cultural Institute in Lisbon started on February 1 with a record of 75 applicants, who where divided in seven groups of elementary, intermediate and advanced. The reasons given by the new students to learn, who where not only Portuguese but also [...]
Romanian language lesson: About sport (despre sport)
Let’s learn some names of sports in Romanian. [Audio clip: view full post to listen] fotbal – engl. football tenis de câmp – engl. lawn tennis tenis de masă – engl. table tennis golf – engl. golf ciclism – engl. cycling atletism – engl. athletics volei – engl. volley‑ball handbal – engl. handball rugbi – [...]
Romanian language lesson: About weather (despre vreme)
Let’s learn some usual phrases about the weather. [Audio clip: view full post to listen] vremea este frumoasă – engl. the weather is beautiful vremea este urâtă – engl. the weather is bad vremea e înnorată – engl. the weather is clouded vremea e ploioasă – engl. the weather is rainy plouă – engl. it [...]
Free Romanian class for beginners starts next week
Rolang will organize a free Romanian language course for beginners on Monday (January 9) at Rolang Shool (51, Dacia Blvd., Bucharest), from 18:30. The free Romanian course will have a total duration of 1.5 hours and foreigners who have reached the intermediate level are also welcome to join. The school will organize several free Romanian [...]
Romanian language lesson: Future Tense
The Future Tense is formed with the auxiliary verb “to want” and the infinitive form of the verb without the particle “a”. [Audio clip: view full post to listen] The auxiliary verb forms are: Eu voi Noi vom Tu vei Voi veți El / ea va Ei / ele vor Verbs in the Future [...]
Romanian language lesson: Past Tense (compound perfect indicative )
The compound perfect indicative is formed with the auxiliary verb “to have” and the past participle of the verb. [Audio clip: view full post to listen] The auxiliary verb “to have” has the following forms: Eu am Noi am Tu ai Voi ați El / ea a Ei / ele au The compound [...]
Romanian language lesson: Phonetic alternations in verbs in the Present
[Audio clip: view full post to listen] Vowel and consonant alternations occur very often in various verbs in the present tense paradigm. The most common vowel alternations are: a – ă: sar/sări (I jump – you jump) ă – e: văd/vezi (I see – you see) o – oa – u: pot/poate/putem (I can – [...]
Romanian language lesson: Neuter nouns. Forming the plural
[Audio clip: view full post to listen]A neuter noun refers in general to a thing or an inanimate object. The neuter nouns are masculine in the singular and feminine in the plural. A native speaker of Romanian knows that an inanimate word takes in the singular the masculine numeral “un” and in the plural the [...]
Romanian language lesson: Feminine nouns. Forming the plural
A feminine nouns designs a word referring to a female person, female animal, female bird, professions of female persons and nationalities regarding a female person. [Audio clip: view full post to listen] Certain objects are feminine: carte – cărți (book), masă – mese (table), some fruits: portocală – portocale (orange), lămâie – lămâi (lemon), some [...]
Romanian language lesson: Masculine nouns in Romanian; Plural endings
A masculine noun designs a word referring to a male person, male animal, male bird, professions of male persons and nationalities regarding a male person. [Audio clip: view full post to listen] Certain objects are also masculine: pantalon – pantaloni (trousers), pantof – pantofi (shoes), some fruits: strugure – struguri (grapes), pepene – pepeni (melon), [...]
Romanian language lesson: Definite and indefinite article in Romanian
Definite article The definite article in Romanian is attached at the end of the word. [Audio clip: view full post to listen] Definite article in the singular For a masculine noun ended into a consonant, the definite article is „l”. This letter is attached at the end of the noun and it is preceded by [...]
Romanian language lesson: The verb “to like” in Romanian
One of the special verbs in Romanian is “a plăcea” (to like). [Audio clip: view full post to listen] This verb has only one possible form “place” in the Present, preceded by the pronouns in the dative “îmi” (in the 1st person singular), “îți” (in the 2nd person singular), “îi” (in the 3rd person singular), [...]
Romanian language lesson: Special phrases in Romanian
Some usual phrases in Romanian are formed with a pronoun in the dative and the verb “to be” in the third person singular. [Audio clip: view full post to listen] Examples Îmi este foame = mi-e foame (I am hungry) Îmi este sete = mi-e sete (I am thirsty) Îmi este frig = mi-e frig [...]
Romanian language: Present Indicative of the verbs in “-i / -î” (4th conjugation)
The verbs ended in “-i / -î” are considered verbs of the 4th conjugation. The Present Indicative is formed from the root verb. In order to obtain the root verb, the infinitive suffix “-i / ‘î” must be eliminated. [Audio clip: view full post to listen] Examples: a fugi (to run) – the root verb [...]
Romanian language lesson: The Present Indicative of the verbs in “e” (3rd conjugation)
The verbs with the “e” infinitive are considered verbs of the 3rd conjugation. Examples: a merge (to go), a scrie (to write), a deschide (to open), a trimite (to send), a începe (to start), a crede (to believe). [Audio clip: view full post to listen] The Present Indicative is formed from the root verb. If [...]
Romanian language lesson: The Present Indicative of the verbs in -ea (2nd conjugation)
The verbs with the infinitive ending in „-ea” are considered verbs of the 2nd conjugation. [Audio clip: view full post to listen] Some models conjugation are bellow: A avea (engl. to have), a tăcea (engl. to be silent), a vedea (engl. to see), a bea (engl. to drink) A avea A tăcea Eu am [...]
Free Romanian language course to be held in July
Rolang School will organize a free Romanian language course on July 6, Casa Universitarilor (46 Dionisie Lupu St.), starting 17:00 hours, with a duration of 1.5 hours. For registration, go here. The company will also organize two Romanian language summer schools in Bucharest, in July and August, 2011. For registration or more information, go here. [...]
Do you speak Romanian? They do. Expats in Romania balance survival skill and cultural immersion
Foreign language centers in Romanian started to add more Romanian language courses to their offer during the last few years, as a result of the growing number of expats who live in Romania and want to speak the local language. For most expats, learning the language is a survival skill in a foreign land. Others [...]
Romanian language lesson: The Present Indicative of the verbs in -a (1st conjugation)
The dictionary form of the verb is the infinitive form. The particle “a” is the mark for infinitive and represent the translation of “to”. All the verbs have the particle “a” at the beginning. Examples: a cânta (to sing), a dansa (to dance), a mânca (to eat) etc. [Audio clip: view full post to listen] [...]
Romanian language lesson: Daily activities (Activități zilnice)
Ce activități zilnice are George? (What daily activities George has?) Listen to the audio file below. [Audio clip: view full post to listen] Luni: merg la serviciu, beau o cafea, am o ședință, scriu niște emailuri, fac sport. (On Monday: I go to the work, I drink a coffee, I have a meeting, I write [...]
Romanian language lesson: Reflexive verbs (Verbele reflexive)
There are two types of reflexive verbs in Romanian: preceded by the reflexive pronouns “se” (in the accusative) and “și” (in the dative). [Audio clip: view full post to listen] Examples of verbs with the reflexive pronouns “se”: a se scula (engl. to wake up) a se pieptăna (engl. to comb) a se îmbrăca (engl. [...]
Romanian language lesson: Countries, nationalities and languages
Let’s learn the nationalities and the languages. [Audio clip: view full post to listen] Țări, naționalități și limbi (engl. countries, nationalities and languages) Țara (engl. country, fr. pays) Naționalitatea (engl. nationality, fr. nationalité) Limba (engl. language, fr. langage) România român / româncă română Statele Unite ale Americii american / americancă engleză Marea Britanie (Anglia) englez [...]
Romanian language lesson of the week: The cardinal numeral (numeralul cardinal)
Numeralele cardinale de la 0 la 10 (The cardinal numerals from 0 to 10) [Audio clip: view full post to listen] 0 zero 1 unu / una, o / un 2 doi / două 3 trei 4 patru 5 cinci 6 șase 7 șapte 8 opt 9 nouă 10 zece The forms “o” and “un” [...]
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