Learn basic phone manners
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| Michael: Welcome to 3-Minute Romanian, Lesson 25 - On the Phone In this lesson, you’ll learn how to understand basic phone vocabulary in Romanian. |
| Body |
| Michael: Here's the way to say 'Hello! (answering the phone)' in Romanian. |
| Larisa: [Normal] Alo! |
| Michael: This expression has only one word meaning 'hello' |
| Larisa: [Normal] alo [Slow] alo |
| Michael: Listen again to the word meaning 'Hello! (answering the phone)' |
| Larisa: [Slow] Alo! [Normal] Alo! |
| Michael: Ok, now let's see the way to say 'This is Mihai.' |
| Larisa: [Normal] Sunt Mihai. |
| Michael: First is a word meaning 'I am' |
| Larisa: [Normal] sunt [Slow] sunt |
| Michael: Last is the name 'Mihai' |
| Larisa: [Normal] Mihai [Slow] Mihai |
| Michael: Listen again to the phrase meaning 'This is Mihai.' |
| Larisa: [Slow] Sunt Mihai. [Normal] Sunt Mihai. |
| Michael: Following is the way to ask 'May I talk to Dana?' |
| Larisa: [Normal] Pot să vorbesc cu Dana? |
| Michael: First is a word meaning 'can' |
| Larisa: [Normal] pot [Slow] pot |
| Michael: Next is the word meaning 'to talk' |
| Larisa: [Normal] să vorbesc [Slow] să vorbesc |
| Michael: Next is the word meaning 'with' |
| Larisa: [Normal] cu [Slow] cu |
| Michael: Last is the name 'Dana' |
| Larisa: [Normal] Dana [Slow] Dana |
| Michael: Listen again to the question meaning 'May I talk to Dana?' |
| Larisa: [Slow] Pot să vorbesc cu Dana? [Normal] Pot să vorbesc cu Dana? |
| Michael: Finally is a way to say 'I'll call again later.' |
| Larisa: [Normal] Voi suna iar mai târziu. |
| Michael: First is a phrase meaning 'I'll call' |
| Larisa: [Normal] voi suna [Slow] voi suna |
| Michael: Next is the word meaning 'again' |
| Larisa: [Normal] iar [Slow] iar |
| Michael: Last is the phrase meaning 'later' |
| Larisa: [Normal] mai târziu [Slow] mai târziu |
| Michael: Listen again to the phrase meaning 'I'll call again later.' |
| Larisa: [Slow] Voi suna iar mai târziu. [Normal] Voi suna iar mai târziu. |
| Cultural Insight |
| Michael: Now it's time for a quick cultural insight. |
| Larisa: When they answer the phone, Romanian people say: Alo! This is like a hello, but on the phone. The rest of the conversation is the same. There are Romanians, though, who speak rather fast on the phone, but other than that, there aren't differences from a normal conversation face to face. |
Outro |
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| Michael: And that’s all for this lesson. Don’t forget to check out the lesson notes, and we’ll see you in another series! |
| Larisa: La revedere. |
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