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A Beginners' Guide To Essential Romanian Phrases
Whenever you visit a foreign country or foreigners come to visit yours, or you simply fall in love with a person coming from other country, you have to know for the beginning some essential phrases in that language. The good news is that if you spend much time with a native speaker, you can learn the language in no time. Now let us see some basic phrases in Romanian, if you are interested in communication with Romanians.
Whenever you visit a foreign country or foreigners come to visit yours, or you simply fall in love with a person coming from other country, you have to know for the beginning some essential phrases in that language. The good news is that if you spend much time with a native speaker, you can learn the language in no time. Now let us see some basic phrases in Romanian, if you are interested in communication with Romanians.
Most new learners want to learn the exact translations of some basic phrases. We provide you a list of such phrases in Romanian along with English translations.
Romanian English Da Yes Nu No Da,va rog Yes, please Nu multzumesc No, thank you Domn, Doamna Sir, Madam Iata Here is Buna Hello Buna dimineatza Good morning Buna ziua Good afternoon Buna seara Good evening Cu placere You are welcome Noapte buna Good night Ce mai faci How are you Foarte bine, multzumesc Very well, thank you Ma scuzatzi Excuse me Ma putetzi ajuta Can you help me? Nu intzeleg I do not understand Nu shtiu I do not know Putetzi sa scrietzi? Could you please write it down? Scuze Sorry Las -ma in pace Leave me alone Unde Where Cand When De ce Why Cine Who Care Which Unde este Where is Cat costa How much Eu vreau I want Ce este What is Imi place I like it Nu imi place I do not like it De acord Agreed E bine That is fine
In the words “va, doamna, buna, ma, sa” the letter “a” is pronounced like in the English word “Sir”. In the words “placere, ce, faci, place”, “ce” and “ci” are pronounced like in “teacher” and in the words “cat” and “cand” the letter “a” sounds like in the Russian “you”.
You may think that Romanian is easy. Well it is not at all, because there are some specific sounds, whose pronunciation cannot be associated with their spelling. For example, English-speaking people find it difficult to pronounce the Romanian “r”. It sounds really funny uttered by them because their “r” as you well know is specific.
To carry on in the same vein someone, whose first language is French, will have a lot of trouble pronouncing the Romanian “h”. Most will simply be unable to utter it. Similarly, the sound that the letters or stand for is very difficult to utter for English speaking people. On the other hand, Russian people can find it quite easy as the vowel sound in the Russian equivalent of “you” is basically similar to these sounds.
This is not to say you can never pick up the correct rendition of these basic Romanian phrases. All you need is to communicate with native Romanian speakers to avoid a hilarious rendition of the language and learn to speak with accurate pronunciation and fluency.
Like with any other language, the teachers of Romanian language need to choose the method of teaching suitable to the learner. This applies even if it is just the essential phrases that are being taught. Some will learn faster if they can relate to the topic. Others learn better with a diagrammatic presentation. Some people pick up a language easily when they practice with a partner or get involved in group activity learning a skill or craft.
Finally you must find out the method of instruction best suited to the learning style of a foreigner, who is eager to learn Romanian. Then prepare for an adventurous journey into the realm of a new language. But do not worry: there will be funny interludes that will give the learning experience enough comic relief.