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INTRODUCTION
Becky: Hi everyone, and welcome back to RomanianPod101.com. This is Absolute Beginner Season 1 Lesson 25 - Being a Good Samaritan in Romania. Becky here.
Mihai: Bună. I'm Mihai.
Becky: In this lesson, you’ll learn language for urgent situations. The conversation takes place downtown.
Mihai: It's between a man on the street and Masanobu.
Becky: The speakers are strangers; therefore, they’ll speak both formal and informal Romanian. Okay, let's listen to the conversation.
DIALOGUE
Om pe stradă: Ajutor!
Masanobu: Sunteți în regulă, domnule?
Om pe stradă: Nu mă simt bine.
Masanobu: Chem ambulanța imediat.
Om pe stradă: Mulțumesc mult, tinere.
Becky: Listen to the conversation one time slowly.
Om pe stradă: Ajutor!
Masanobu: Sunteți în regulă, domnule?
Om pe stradă: Nu mă simt bine.
Masanobu: Chem ambulanța imediat.
Om pe stradă: Mulțumesc mult, tinere.
Becky: Listen to the conversation with the English translation.
Man on the street: Help!
Masanobu: Are you alright, sir?
Man on the street: I don't feel well.
Masanobu: I'm calling the ambulance right away.
Man on the street: Thank you so much, young man.
POST CONVERSATION BANTER
Becky: That was good of Masanobu to help that stranger.
Mihai: Yeah, I hope he’s okay.
Becky: Me too! Hopefully it wasn’t anything serious.
Mihai: Thankfully, Romanians are pretty friendly and open, even with strangers.
Becky: Oh, so if you need help you’re likely to find it?
Mihai: Yes. Most Romanians will help if they see an accident.
Becky: Is that true even in places like Bucharest?
Mihai: People in the big cities like Bucharest might be more hesitant than people in rural places.
Becky: So if you see an accident in Romania, you should help!
Mihai: Yes, but be careful with some road accidents.
Becky: Why’s that?
Mihai: There have been reports recently of cars broken down on the side of the road, only for it to be a trick so somebody can steal your car or valuables.
Becky: Thanks for the warning! Okay, now onto the vocab.
VOCAB LIST
Becky: Let’s take a look at the vocabulary from this lesson. The first word is...
Mihai: regulă [natural native speed]
Becky: rule, normality
Mihai: regulă [slowly - broken down by syllable]
Mihai: regulă [natural native speed]
Becky: Next we have...
Mihai: domn [natural native speed]
Becky: sir, mister
Mihai: domn [slowly - broken down by syllable]
Mihai: domn [natural native speed]
Becky: Next we have...
Mihai: a chema [natural native speed]
Becky: to call
Mihai: a chema [slowly - broken down by syllable]
Mihai: a chema [natural native speed]
Becky: Next we have...
Mihai: ambulanță [natural native speed]
Becky: ambulance
Mihai: ambulanță [slowly - broken down by syllable]
Mihai: ambulanță [natural native speed]
Becky: Next we have...
Mihai: imediat [natural native speed]
Becky: right away
Mihai: imediat [slowly - broken down by syllable]
Mihai: imediat [natural native speed]
Becky: And last...
Mihai: tânăr [natural native speed]
Becky: young man
Mihai: tânăr [slowly - broken down by syllable]
Mihai: tânăr [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: în regulă
Becky: meaning "all right." Can you help explain this phrase, Mihai?
Mihai: Sure. În is Romanian for "in," and regulă means "rule."
Becky: It literally means “in rule.”
Mihai: If everything is “in rule,” then it’s “all right.”
Becky: You can use this to say that something or someone is in a good state.
Mihai: You can use this in both formal and informal situations, although it’s slightly formal.
Becky: Can you give us an example using this phrase?
Mihai: Sure. For example, you can say, Mulțumesc, totul este în regulă.
Becky: ...which means "Thank you, everything is all right."
Becky: Okay, what's the next phrase?
Mihai: Nu mă simt bine.
Becky: meaning "I don't feel well." Can you break this expression down for us?
Mihai: Nu is "no," and mă means "myself."
Becky: That’s in accusative case.
Mihai: simt is the first person singular of a simți, meaning “to feel.” Finally, bine means “good.”
Becky: We saw that last word in lesson 24.
Mihai: You can use this to say that you don’t feel well.
Becky: Can you give us an example using this expression?
Mihai: Sure. For example, you can say, Stau acasă astăzi pentru că nu mă simt bine.
Becky: ...which means "I'm staying home today because I don't feel well."
Becky: Okay, now onto the lesson focus.

Lesson focus

Becky: In this lesson, you'll learn language for urgent situations.
Becky: Let’s look at a few specific situations. First, how do we call for help when there’s a fire?
Mihai: Well first, the basic cry for help is Alo!
Becky: This is “help!”
Mihai: Then you can say Este un incendiu.
Becky: “There is a fire.”
Mihai: Or simply Foc!
Becky: “Fire!”
Mihai: Another useful phrase is Vă rog să chemați pompierii.
Becky: “Please call the firemen.” Now, what should we say when we witness an accident?
Mihai: Chemați ambulanța acum!
Becky: “Call the ambulance now!”
Mihai: You might also need to ask for poliția.
Becky: “Police.” If you’ve called the police, you’ll probably need to describe the accident.
Mihai: If it’s a traffic accident, then you might need words like mașină.
Becky: “Car.”
Mihai: And tir.
Becky: “Truck.”
Mihai: So you can say O mașină s-a lovit cu un tir.
Becky: “A car hit a truck.”
Mihai: And hopefully, Nu sunt răniți.
Becky: “There are no injuries.”

Outro

Becky: Okay, that’s all for this lesson. Thank you for listening, everyone, and we’ll see you in another series! Bye!
Mihai: La revedere.

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