Romanian language lesson of the week: The fruits and the vegetables (Fructele și legumele)
Let’s learn the main fruits in Romanian:
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Fructe (Fruits)
portocală, -e (s.f.) – engl. orange
banană, -e (s.f.) – engl. banana
măr, mere (s.n.) – engl. apple
pară, pere (s.f.) – engl. pear
caisă, -e (s.f.) – engl. apricot
căpșună, -i (s.f.) – engl. strawberry
cireașă, cireșe (s.f.) – engl. (sweet) cherry
vișină, -e (s.f.) – engl. (morello) cherry
grepfrut, -uri (s.n.) – engl. grapefruit
lămâie, lămâi (s.f.) – engl. lemon
mandarină, -e (s.f.) – engl. tangerine
pepene, pepeni (s.n.) – engl. melon
piersică, -i (s.f.) – engl. peach
prună, -e (s.f.) – engl. plum
zmeură, -e (s.f.) – engl. raspberry
strugure, -i (s.m.) – engl. grape
Legume (Vegetables)
roșie, -i (s.f.) – engl. tomato
ardei, ardei (s.m.) – engl. pepper
castravete, castraveți (s.m.) – engl. cucumber
ceapă, cepe (s.f.) – engl. onion
ridiche, -i (s.f.) – engl. radish
varză, verze (s.f.) – engl. cabbage
ciupercă, -i (s.f.) – engl. mushroom
fasole (s.f.) – engl. bean
mazăre (s.f.) – engl. pea
morcov, -i (s.m.) – engl. carrot
vânătă, vinete (s.f.) – engl. aubergine
conopidă, -e (s.f.) = engl. cauliflower
Abrevieri (Abbreviations)
s.f. = substantiv feminin (feminine noun)
s.m. = substantiv masculin (masculine noun)
s.n. = substantiv neutru (neuter noun)
Exercițiu (Exercise)
Translate the following sentences in Romanian:
I want to buy two oranges and three apples.
Do you have aubergines?
I don’t like these tomatoes.
Do you need a lemon?
We don’t have grapes anymore, we are sorry.
Mona Pologea, Ph.D Linguist
