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| INTRODUCTION |
| Becky: Hi everyone, and welcome back to RomanianPod101.com. This is Absolute Beginner, Season 1, Lesson 13 - Enjoying a Delicious Romanian Dessert. Becky Here. |
| Mihai: Bună. I'm Mihai. |
| Becky: In this lesson, you’ll learn about conditional clauses. The conversation takes place at a confectionery store. |
| Mihai: It's between Masanobu and Andreea. |
| Becky: The speakers are friends, so they’ll speak informal Romanian. Okay, let's listen to the conversation. |
| DIALOGUE |
| Andreea: Hmm, vreau să mănânc o prăjitură cu căpșuni. |
| Masanobu: Toate arată foarte bine. Ce îmi recomanzi? |
| Andreea: Dacă îți plac fructele, îți recomand prăjitura cu vișine. |
| Masanobu: Da, îmi plac fructele. Tu vii des aici? |
| Andreea: Nu foarte des, vin din când în când. |
| Masanobu: Simt că eu o să vin mereu aici! |
| Andreea: Mă bucur! |
| Becky: Listen to the conversation one time slowly. |
| Andreea: Hmm, vreau să mănânc o prăjitură cu căpșuni. |
| Masanobu: Toate arată foarte bine. Ce îmi recomanzi? |
| Andreea: Dacă îți plac fructele, îți recomand prăjitura cu vișine. |
| Masanobu: Da, îmi plac fructele. Tu vii des aici? |
| Andreea: Nu foarte des, vin din când în când. |
| Masanobu: Simt că eu o să vin mereu aici! |
| Andreea: Mă bucur! |
| Becky: Listen to the conversation with the English translation. |
| Andreea: Hmm, I want to eat a strawberry cake. |
| Masanobu: They all look very delicious. What's your recommendation? |
| Andreea: If you like fruits, my recommendation is the sour cherry cake. |
| Masanobu: Yes, I like fruits. Do you come here often? |
| Andreea: Not too often, I come sometimes. |
| Masanobu: I feel that I will always come here! |
| Andreea: I'm glad! |
| POST CONVERSATION BANTER |
| Becky: I’m a big fan of strawberry cake. |
| Mihai: Is that because you like strawberries or because you like cake? |
| Becky: A bit of both! Are strawberries popular in Romania? |
| Mihai: Yes, but the most popular fruit is apples. |
| Becky: Are they eaten frequently? |
| Mihai: Yes, they’re eaten just for the sake of being healthy and are a part of daily life. |
| Becky: What else is popular? |
| Mihai: Sour cherries. |
| Becky: Oh, those were mentioned in the conversation. |
| Mihai: Yes, they were. They’re like cherries, but smaller and really sour. |
| Becky: How do people eat them? |
| Mihai: You can eat them as they are or with yogurt or sugar. They’re also the base of the alcoholic drink vișinată. |
| Becky: Okay, now onto the vocab. |
| VOCAB LIST |
| Becky: Let’s take a look at the vocabulary from this lesson. The first word is... |
| Mihai: prăjitură [natural native speed] |
| Becky: cake |
| Mihai: prăjitură[slowly - broken down by syllable] |
| Mihai: prăjitură [natural native speed] |
| Becky: Next we have... |
| Mihai: căpșună [natural native speed] |
| Becky: strawberry |
| Mihai: căpșună[slowly - broken down by syllable] |
| Mihai: căpșună [natural native speed] |
| Becky: Next we have... |
| Mihai: a arăta [natural native speed] |
| Becky: to look (i.e. 'to appear') |
| Mihai: a arăta[slowly - broken down by syllable] |
| Mihai: a arăta [natural native speed] |
| Becky: Next we have... |
| Mihai: fruct [natural native speed] |
| Becky: fruit |
| Mihai: fruct[slowly - broken down by syllable] |
| Mihai: fruct [natural native speed] |
| Becky: Next we have... |
| Mihai: a recomanda [natural native speed] |
| Becky: to recommend |
| Mihai: a recomanda[slowly - broken down by syllable] |
| Mihai: a recomanda [natural native speed] |
| Becky: And last... |
| Mihai: vișină [natural native speed] |
| Becky: sour cherry |
| Mihai: vișină[slowly - broken down by syllable] |
| Mihai: vișină [natural native speed] |
| KEY VOCAB AND PHRASES |
| Becky: Let's have a closer look at the usage of some of the words and phrases from this lesson. The first phrase is... |
| Mihai: îți recomand... |
| Becky: meaning "I recommend you..." What can you tell us about this phrase? |
| Mihai: îți is 2nd person singular pronoun in its dative case, meaning "to you.” |
| Becky: And what’s the second word? |
| Mihai: recomand is 1st person singular of a recomanda. |
| Becky: This means “to recommend.” |
| Mihai: We use this phrase when we want to recommend something. |
| Becky: Can you give us an example using this phrase? |
| Mihai: Sure. For example, you can say, Eu îți recomand acest restaurant. |
| Becky: ...which means "I am recommending to you this restaurant." |
| Becky: Okay, what's the next phrase? |
| Mihai: arată bine |
| Becky: meaning "it looks good." There are two words in this phrase. Let’s break it down. |
| Mihai: Arată literally means "it shows," but it’s basically the way to say "it looks" in Romanian. |
| Becky: And the second word? |
| Mihai: Bine is an adverb meaning "good" or "well." |
| Becky: So, you can use this phrase to say that something “looks good.” |
| Mihai: Right. You can use this in formal and informal language. |
| Becky: Can you give us an example using this phrase? |
| Mihai: Sure. For example, you can say, Camera renovată arată bine. |
| Becky: ...which means "The remodeled room looks good." |
| Becky: Okay, now onto the lesson focus. |
Lesson focus |
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| Becky: In this lesson, you'll learn about conditional clauses. |
| Becky: Conditional clauses are sentences that talk about things that might happen, depending on a condition. In English, they often use the word “if.” |
| Mihai: They use “if” in Romanian too. This is dacă in Romanian . |
| Becky: How is it used in a sentence? |
| Mihai: dacă always goes at the start of the conditional phrase. However, in Romanian, the complement can go before the predicate, as well as after. |
| Becky: Okay. Let’s hear an example sentence. |
| Mihai: Dacă sosim în trei zeci de minute, prindem avionul. |
| Becky: “If we arrive in 30 minutes, we’ll catch the airplane.” |
| Mihai: în treizeci de minute is an adverbial phrase, so it’s an example of the complement going after the predicate. |
| Becky: Do you have another example with them the other way round? Complement first, predicate second? |
| Mihai: Of course! Dacă luna aceasta înveți, iei examenul. |
| Becky: “If you study this month, you will pass the exam.” |
| Mihai: luna aceasta is the complement. It’s in front of the predicate. |
| Becky: In conditional sentences, there’s a main clause and the conditional clause. |
| Mihai: You can put those two clauses in order, but dacă must come before the conditional clause. |
| Becky: Is there any difference between whether the conditional clause is first or second? |
| Mihai: When the conditional clause is positioned before the main clause, the emphasis is placed on the main clause. |
| Becky: Even though it’ll be last in the sentence. |
| Mihai: Yes. For example, Dacă alergi pe pietre te rănești. |
| Becky: “If you run on the rocks, you will hurt yourself.” |
| Mihai: Surzești dacă asculți muzică prea tare. |
| Becky: “You will go deaf if you listen to music too loudly.” Do you have any final tips for us when making these sentences? |
| Mihai: Yes, just remember that the verb in the “if clause” must have the same tense as the verb in the main clause. |
| Becky: Is that always the case? |
| Mihai: The one exception is when the verb of the conditional clause is in the future perfect tense. Then, the verb in the main clause must be in the simple future tense |
| Becky: We’ll cover tenses in more detail over future lessons here on RomanianPod101.com! |
Outro |
| Becky: Okay, that’s all for this lesson. Thank you for listening, everyone, and we’ll see you next time! Bye! |
| Mihai: La revedere. |
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