Learn Romanian. Seventh lesson: Going shopping

“

Bun

ă din nou!

”

Welcome to our 7

th

Romanian lesson. We hope you had a great time last week, enjoying our Romanian food!

“

What’s next?!” – you might wonder

again… Well, when Laura and her Romanian friend Maria don’t go to the restaurant, they go shopping.

So, today, you are going to lear

n a few words and expressions which will definitely help you when

going shopping

in Romania (

la cumpărături

).

Acum citiţi, vă rugăm, următorul dialog

(Now, please, read the following dialogue):

Maria: Bună ziua! Shop assistant: Bună ziua! Cu ce vă pot fi de folos? Maria: Aş dori o pâine şi un pachet de unt. Cât costă? Shop assistant: 8 RON, vă rog. Maria: Desigur, imediat! (Maria offers her 10 RON) Shop assistant: Restul dumneavoastră, vă rog ,2 RON. Mulţumim, o zi plăcută! Maria: Mulţumesc si eu! La revedere!

New words

and expressions:

a cumpăra = to buy a merge la cumpărături = to go shopping pâine = bread unt = butter rest = change Cât costă? = How much is it? desigur = of course

What about you?

Î

ţ

i place să mergi la cumpărături?

(Do you like going shopping?)

Eşti un

î

mpătimit/ o

î

mpătimită a cumpărăturilor?

(Are you a shopping maniac?)

Unde mergi de obicei la cumpărături?

(Where do you usually go shopping?)

Till next time, enjoy the

summertime and go shopping for nice presents for your friends! And don’t forget: if you decide to attend foreign language classes, keep in mind that a first-class tuition means

lessons always tailored to meet your specific needs and top-notch tutors with great experience.