Basics in Romanian Here are some basic word and phrases: Hello Bun [bunah] How are you?

? (sg) Ce faci? [che fach] Fine, thanks. Bine, mulumesc. [bine, multsumesc] And you? (i) tu? [shi tu] Welcome Bine ai venit Good to see you (sg) Bine te-am gsit [bine te-am gahsit] Good morning Bun dimineaa [bunah dimineatsa] Good afternoon Bun ziua Good evening Bun seara Good night Noapte bun What is your name? Cum te cheam? My name is Ion. M cheam Ion. Pleased to meet you (m) ncntat de cunotin [ncntat de cunoshtintsah] (f) ncntat de cunotin Excuse me. (sg) Scuz-m Do you speak Romanian? (sg) Vorbeti romnete? Yes, a little. Da, puin. Do you understand English? (sg) nelegi engleza? No, not very well. Nu, nu foarte bine. Much mult You speak Romanian very well. Vorbeti foarte bine romnete. I dont speak English too well, but I speak a little Romanian. Nu vorbesc engleza prea bine, dar vorbesc puin romnete. Alina speaks very badly French. Alina vorbete foarte ru/prost franceza. Where are you from?(sg) De unde eti? I am from London. Eu sunt din Londra. Where do you live? Unde stai? Do you live in Italy? Stai n Italia? No, I live in Spain. Nu, stau n Spania. I understand. neleg. Good bye - La revedere See you soon Pe curnd Bye - Pa Vocabulary Day - zi , the day - ziua Night noapte, the night noaptea Today azi Yesterday ieri Tomorrow mine

Now acum Then atunci House cas, the house casa School - coal, the school - coala Human om, the human omul Girl fat, the girl fata Boy biat, the boy biatul Good - bine Bad ru Much mult (A) little puin Very foarte Too (too much) prea ( prea mult) Beautiful frumos (m), frumoas (f) Ugly urt (m), urt (f) Young tnr (m), tnr (f) Old btrn (m), btrn (f) Happy fericit (m), fericit (f) Sad trist (m), trist (f) Big mare (both f and m) Small mic (m), mic Close aproape, close to ... aproape de ... Far departe, far from ... departe de ... Smart iste (m), istea (f) Stupid prost (m), proast (f) Funny amuzant (m), amuzant (f) Boring plictisitor (m), plictisitoare (f) Soon - curnd Romanian (person) romn (m), romnc (f) Romanian language limba romn (speak) Romanian romnete Bucharest Bucureti I eu (read: yeu) You (sg) tu She ea (read: ya) He el (read yel) Verb to be I am - Eu sunt You are (sg) - Tu eti She/he is - Ea/el este Sentences: I am beautiful (m) - Eu sunt frumos. You are smart (f) Tu eti inteligent. He is happy - El este fericit. We are noi suntem You are (pl) - voi suntei They are ele/ei sunt We noi You (pl) - voi They (f) ele (read: yele) They (m) ei (read: yey)

We are nice - Noi suntem drgui. You are young (pl, m) - Voi suntei tineri. They are big (f) Ele sunt mari. Exercise Using the information below, try to compose these sentences: (warning: Dont use GOOGLE TRANSLATE) 1. My name is Valeria and I live in Romania. 2. I live in small house in Bucharest. 3. I live close to the school. (literally: close to school) 4. The school is not too big, but it is nice. 5. I am very glad to meet you today. 6. I dont speak English too well, but I can understand a little. 7. I am very pleased to meet Maria. 8. Maria is a good girl and beautiful, but a little boring. 9. Thank you, Maria. See you soon! Hint: - usually an adjective comes after the substantive, so instead of saying urt loc you rather say loc urt (ugly place) - sometimes the pronoun can be omitted as the verb already expresses its person, so you can say both Eu sunt Ionu and Sunt Ionu (I am Johnny) GOOD LUCK