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| INTRODUCTION |
| Becky: Hi everyone, and welcome back to RomanianPod101.com. This is Absolute Beginner Season 1, Lesson 14 - Finding Your Way Round Romania. Becky here. |
| Mihai: Bună. I'm Mihai. |
| Becky: In this lesson, you’ll learn about adverbs of time. The conversation takes place downtown. |
| Mihai: It's between Masanobu and a lady on the street. |
| Becky: The speakers are strangers, so they’ll speak formal Romanian. Okay, let's listen to the conversation. |
| DIALOGUE |
| Masanobu: Nu vă supărați, îmi puteți spune unde este Muzeul Național de Istorie? |
| Femeie pe stradă: Da, pot. Mergeți drept înainte cam 500 (cinci sute) de metri. |
| Masanobu: Vă mulțumesc. |
| Femeie pe stradă: Stați, încă nu am terminat! |
| Femeie pe stradă: Apoi o luați la stânga și este imediat în față. |
| Masanobu: Am înțeles. Vă mulțumesc mult! |
| Becky: Listen to the conversation one time slowly. |
| Masanobu: Nu vă supărați, îmi puteți spune unde este Muzeul Național de Istorie? |
| Femeie pe stradă: Da, pot. Mergeți drept înainte cam 500 (cinci sute) de metri. |
| Masanobu: Vă mulțumesc. |
| Femeie pe stradă: Stați, încă nu am terminat! |
| Femeie pe stradă: Apoi o luați la stânga și este imediat în față. |
| Masanobu: Am înțeles. Vă mulțumesc mult! |
| Becky: Listen to the conversation with the English translation. |
| Masanobu: Excuse me, can you tell me where the National Museum of History is? |
| Lady on the street: Yes I can. Go straight for about 500 meters. |
| Masanobu: Thank you. |
| Lady on the street: Wait, I'm not finished yet. |
| Lady on the street: Then make a left, and it's right in front. |
| Masanobu: I understand. Thank you very much! |
| POST CONVERSATION BANTER |
| Becky: Can you tell us a little about the National Museum of History? |
| Mihai: It’s one of the most prestigious museums in Romania. |
| Becky: Where is it? |
| Mihai: Victoriei Avenue, one of the central arteries of the city, adjacent to the Old City Center. |
| Becky: What type of exhibits can you see there? |
| Mihai: There are many old artifacts with beautiful, awe-inspiring background stories. |
| Becky: Sounds like it’s worth a visit! What other museums would you recommend? |
| Mihai: I like the Village Museum in Bucharest. |
| Becky: What’s the highlight of that museum? |
| Mihai: It’s set up like an actual village, with real, traditional houses from across Romania. |
| Becky: Yeah, that’d be interesting to visit! When’s the best time of the year to go to museums? |
| Mihai: Probably during the Night of Museums. This is a UNESCO supported event that is usually held in May. The museums are free to enter. |
| Becky: Cool. Okay, now onto the vocab. |
| VOCAB LIST |
| Becky: Let’s take a look at the vocabulary from this lesson. The first word is... |
| Mihai: muzeu [natural native speed] |
| Becky: museum |
| Mihai: muzeu[slowly - broken down by syllable] |
| Mihai: muzeu [natural native speed] |
| Becky: Next we have... |
| Mihai: național [natural native speed] |
| Becky: national |
| Mihai: național[slowly - broken down by syllable] |
| Mihai: național [natural native speed] |
| Becky: Next we have... |
| Mihai: istorie [natural native speed] |
| Becky: history |
| Mihai: istorie[slowly - broken down by syllable] |
| Mihai: istorie [natural native speed] |
| Becky: Next we have... |
| Mihai: a sta; a aștepta [natural native speed] |
| Becky: to stay; to wait |
| Mihai: a sta; a aștepta[slowly - broken down by syllable] |
| Mihai: a sta; a aștepta [natural native speed] |
| Becky: Next we have... |
| Mihai: apoi [natural native speed] |
| Becky: then |
| Mihai: apoi[slowly - broken down by syllable] |
| Mihai: apoi [natural native speed] |
| Becky: And last... |
| Mihai: mult [natural native speed] |
| Becky: much, a lot |
| Mihai: mult[slowly - broken down by syllable] |
| Mihai: mult [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: Îmi puteți spune...? |
| Becky: Meaning "Could you tell me...?" Can you break this phrase down for us? |
| Mihai: Îmi is a first person singular personal pronoun in its dative form. It means "to me." |
| Becky: What do the other words mean? |
| Mihai: Puteți means "you can," and spune means "to tell." |
| Becky: You can use this phrase to politely ask someone to give you information. |
| Mihai: This is formal, but if you replace puteți with poți, it becomes informal. |
| Becky: Can you give us an example using this phrase? |
| Mihai: Sure. For example, you can say, Îmi puteți spune unde este Piața Victoriei? |
| Becky: ...which means "Could you tell me where Victoriei Square is?" |
| Becky: Okay, what's the next word? |
| Mihai: stați! |
| Becky: meaning "wait!" What can you tell us about this word? |
| Mihai: Usually, stați means “stay,” but in this case it means “wait.” |
| Becky: You can use this to stop someone from leaving. |
| Mihai: Or, if they’re about to do something that you don’t want them to do. |
| Becky: It sounds very direct. Is it a rude expression? |
| Mihai: No, it’s fairly polite, although it does sound direct. |
| Becky: Can you give us an example using this word? |
| Mihai: Sure. For example, you can say, Stați un moment, vă rog. |
| Becky: ...which means "Please wait a second." |
| Becky: Okay, what's the next phrase? |
| Mihai: Vă mulțumesc mult! |
| Becky: Meaning "Thank you very much!" Can you break this phrase down for us? |
| Mihai: Vă is a pronoun in the dative case, and it means "to you." |
| Becky: The second word seems familiar to me. I think we saw this in lesson 1. |
| Mihai: We did, well remembered! It means “thank you.” In this case it is acting as a verb. Finally is the adverb mult, meaning "a lot." |
| Becky: This phrase can be used to say “thank you” in a more polite way. |
| Mihai: If you want to show how thankful you are without being formal, you can drop the first word and say mulțumesc mult. |
| Becky: Can you give us an example using the formal phrase? |
| Mihai: Sure. For example, you can say, Vă mulțumesc mult pentru explicațiile acordate. |
| Becky: ...which means "Thank you very much for your explanation." (lit.: "Thank you for the given explanations.") |
| Becky: Okay, now onto the lesson focus. |
Lesson focus |
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| Becky: In this lesson, you'll learn about adverbs of time. |
| Becky: Now, we’ve spoken about adverbs of time before in this series, in lesson 11. |
| Mihai: That’s right. This time, we’ll look at adverbs of time used to talk about a series of events. |
| Becky: First, we will look at “yet.” What is “yet” in Romanian, Mihai? |
| Mihai: It is încă. We can use it in a sentence with nu and a verb. |
| Becky: So, it should be used with negative verbs. Does it matter if the verb is first or last? |
| Mihai: No. You can put încă before the negative verb or after it. |
| Becky: Do you have an example sentence? Let’s hear two sentences - one with the verb first and one with the verb after the adverb. |
| Mihai: Okay. Nu are încă înscriși. |
| Becky: “He doesn’t have subscribers yet.” |
| Mihai: Încă nu știu când începe. |
| Becky: “I don’t know yet when it will start.” Next, let’s look at the word “then.” |
| Mihai: This is apoi in Romanian. |
| Becky: What’s the sentence pattern for “then?” |
| Mihai: First is the main clause, followed by apoi, followed by the secondary clause. However, like in English, the main clause can be a separate sentence. |
| Becky: Let’s hear an example. Can you give us an example where the main clause and secondary clause are in the same sentence? |
| Mihai: Sure! Termin de învățat, apoi mă culc. |
| Becky: “I will finish studying then go to sleep.” Finally, we’ll look at the adverb “at once.” |
| Mihai: In Romanian, this is imediat. Again, it can go before or after the verb. |
| Becky: Does the meaning change if “at once” goes before or after the verb? |
| Mihai: When imediat is before the verb, it emphasizes the adverb. |
| Becky: So it puts emphasis on it being “right away.” |
| Mihai: Yes, that’s right. For example, Te rog să vii imediat! |
| Becky: “Please come at once!” |
| Mihai: Imediat sosesc! |
| Becky: “I’ll arrive right away!” |
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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