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Romanian is the official language of Romania, with influences from Latin and surrounding languages like Slavic tongues. It uses the Roman alphabet with some additional letters. The language is fairly phonetic, so words are pronounced largely as spelled. Some basic greetings, expressions and pronunciation are provided to help English speakers understand Romanian. Online dictionaries are listed for additional reference.

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Learn Romanian Language

Romanian is the official language of Romania, with influences from Latin and surrounding languages like Slavic tongues. It uses the Roman alphabet with some additional letters. The language is fairly phonetic, so words are pronounced largely as spelled. Some basic greetings, expressions and pronunciation are provided to help English speakers understand Romanian. Online dictionaries are listed for additional reference.

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Romanian Language

Romanian (limba romn) is the official language of Romania. The name Romania, and its derivatives, come from the Latin word 'Romanus', a legacy of Roman rulers who took control of ancient Dacia in 106 A.D. Romanian retains a number of features of old Latin and also contains many words taken from the surrounding Slavic languages, as well as from French, Old Church Slavonic, German, Greek and Turkish. Romanian is actually easier for English speakers to understand than it is assumed. If youve studied other Romance language, such as Italian, Spanish, French or Portuguese, you may feel at home sooner than you think. Romanian is a phonetic language, so words are pronounced as they are spelled. Romanian alphabet

Aa Bb Cc Dd Ee Ff Gg Hh Ii
a be ce de e ef ge has i

Jj Kk
ca

Ll Mm Nn Oo Pp Rr Ss Tt Uu Vv Xx Zz
el em en o pe er es te u ve ics zet

Q (chiu), W (dublu ve) and Y (i grec) are also used, but mainly in foreign loanwords.

DAYS OF THE WEEK Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday

ZILELE SPTMNII luni mari miercuri joi vineri smbt duminic

PRONUNCIATION loon' marts' myer-koor' zho' vi-ner' sm-buh-tuh doo-mi-ni-kuh

MONTHS OF THE YEAR January February March April May

LUNILE ANULUI ianuarie februarie martie aprilie mai

PRONUNCIATION ya-nwa-rye fe-brwa-rye mar-tye a-pri-lye may

June July August September October November December

iunie iulie august septembrie octombrie noiembrie decembrie

yu-ny yu-lye augoost sep-tem-brye ok-tom-brye no-yem-bry de-chem-brye

Here are some useful expressions

ENGLISH Salutations Good morning. Hello/Good day. Good evening. Good-bye. Good night. My name is . . . What is your name? How are you? Im fine, thanks. Do you speak English? . . . Romanian? Yes, a little. No. Please speak slowly. How do you say . . . ? Do you understand? I dont understand. Please repeat it. Im sorry.

ROMN Formule de salut Bun dimineaa. Bun ziua. Bun seara. La revedere. Noapte bun. Numele meu este Cum v numii? Ce mai facei? Bine, mulumesc. Vorbii englezete? . . . romnete? Da, puin. Nu. V rog, vorbii mai rar. Cum se spune . . . ? nelegei? Nu neleg. V rog, repetai. mi pare ru.

PRONUNCIATION

Boo-nuh di-mi-na-tsa Boo-nuh zee-wa. Boo-nuh sea-ra. La rev-eh-de-ray Nwap-te boo-nuh Noo-me-le meu yes-te ... Koom vuh noo-mits? Che may fa-chets Bee-nay, mool-tsoo-mesk Vor-bits en-gle-zesh-te . . . ro-mi-nesh-te Da, poo-tsin. Noo. Vuh rog, vor-bits may rar Koom se spoo-ne . . . ? In-tse-le-jets Noo in-tse-leg Vuh rog, re-pe-tats Im pa-re rau

Where are you staying? Im at the hotel. Good / Very good. Maybe. Certainly. May I ? Thank you. Youre welcome I dont know. I would like... ...and / or...... I have / We have What are you doing? I beg your pardon? Excuse me... Here... There... Toward...

Unde stai? Stau la Hotelul Bine / Foarte bine. Poate. Sigur. Se poate? Mulumesc. Cu plcere Nu tiu. A vrea... i / sau... Am / Avem... Ce facei? Poftii? Scuzai-m. . . Aici... Acolo... Spre...

Oon-de stats? Stau la ho-te-lool Boon / Fwar-tay boo-na Pwa-te Si-goor Se pwa-te? Mool-tsoo-mesk Koo pluh-che-re Noo shtee-u Osh vray-a shee / sow Ahm / Ah-vum Che fa-chets Pof-tits Skoo-za-tsi ma Ah-eech Ah-ko-lo Spreh

Online Romanian dictionaries


http://www.dictionar.us/roman-englez/ http://www.dictionar.us/englez-roman/

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