How much is watermelon in your country? Tell us in Romanian!

Bună, Veronica,

Mulțumim pentru răspuns.

Felicitări pentru scris! E foarte bine.

Apreciem că înveți limba română cu noi.

Cu sinceritate,

Patricia

Team RomanianPod101.com

un pepene verde costă douăzeci până la treizeci de dolari în Australia acum, sau, șaizeci până la nouăzeci de lei!

Mult mai scump aici decât în ​​România! 😳

Bună ziua Leon,

Thank you for appreciating our lessons.

I congratulate you for finding the motivation to study Romanian and for choosing us.

Thank you for the question. This is a grammar point, hopefully one that is easy to understand :).

We use "acest"/ ”this” when it is followed by a masculine noun (pepene in this case).

Acest pepene e ieftin = This watermelon is cheap

We use acesta/ ăsta/ ”this one” when referring to a masculine noun, without adding the noun.

Acesta/ ăsta e al meu = This one is mine.

Your questions or comments are always welcomed.

Sincerely,

Patricia

Team RomanianPod101.com

Bună ziua,

First of all, I really like this course. The fact that you are learning sentences in Romanian from the start and not just endless lists of verb conjugations and words is very motivating.

I have a question:

In sample sentence 2 ”Acest pepene verde costă cinci lei.” îs written. Why Acest and not acesta or ăsta ?

Best reagards,

Leon.

Bună L Henrickson,

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Feel free to contact us if you have any questions.

We wish you good luck with your language studies.

Numai bine,

Levente

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Absolute beginner here. Visiting Romania later this year and intend to be conversational, at a minimum.

I am 74. It's never too old to keep learning.

Overall, I find the content outstanding. I particularly enjoy listening to the Lesson Audio at the bottom of the web page.

Pronunciation is a challenge at times.

Thank you for offering this fabulous lesson plan.

Bună Sasha,

Well done!

Your writing is very good. One small adjustment: in Romanian the translation for ”Russia” is ”Rusia”.

Thank you for learning Romanian with us!

Please feel free to write us again whenever you have comments or questions.

Sincerely,

Patricia

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Bună ziua!

Acest pepene verde costă 10 lei în Russia.Nu este ieftin.

Hi John,

Thank you for your comment and well done!

Small adjustment: într-o alimentară

într-o (used for Romanian feminine gender nouns)/ într-un (used for neutral and masculine gender nouns) = in a

All the best,

Patricia

Team RomanianPod101.com

Bună ziua; pepene verde costă 6 dolari 99 cenți (6.99 usd) alimentară in Alaska :)

Bună Yuchen,

Thank you for your question. 🙂

In the second sentence, it is correct to use either ”acesta” or ”aceasta”.

If the person would have referred to the the watermelon in the second question, ”acesta” would have been the correct choice.

The reason the person used ”aceasta” is because he referred to the amount of money/ suma de bani.

”Suma”/ the amount is a feminine gender noun. Therefore we use ”aceasta”.

Asking ”Cât este aceasta în euro?” is a correct sentence to use when wanting to know what is the equivalent in euro of an amount of local currency, independent of what product or products will be bought with that amount of money.

Thank you for learning with us!

Sincerely,

Patricia

Team RomanianPod101.com

Bună! 😉Since the customer and the seller are both referring to the melon in the sentence "Acesta de trei kilograme" and "Cat este aceasta in euro", why would one use acesta while the other use aceasta? Is watermelon feminine or masculine?

Bună, TV Eslavo,

Thank you for your question.

Yes, ”sînt” was the writing and spelling for ”sunt”, in the past. Although the standard version is now ”sunt”, it is common to hear people pronounce the older version (”sînt”). We could say it is usually a generational difference since the older version was the standard for many people during their education.

We appreciate that you are learning with us!

Sincerely,

Patricia

Team RomanianPod101.com

Bună! I learned that "sînt" is an old spelling for "sunt", but sometimes I hear a female reader in this course speaking just "sînt". Is there some regional, generational or stylistic difference? Mulţumesc!!

Hello Julia,

Thank you for your question!

There are more ways to express this:

"Acest pepene verde costă cinci lei."

"Pepenele acesta verde costă cinci lei."

"Acesta costă cinci lei."

In Romanian the pronoun ”acest” is used before the noun it refers to. The pronoun ”acesta” is used after the noun. In this case the noun becomes articulated. (e.g. pepenele). ”Acesta” can also replace the noun entirely.

We appreciate that you are learning Romanian with us.

Feel free to write us again if you have other questions or comments.

Cheers,

Patricia

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In the sentence "Acest pepene verde costă cinci lei.", why is it "acest" and not "acesta"?

Hello Adrian,

Thank you for your question! You have a good sense of observation. 👍

There is no difference between the two. Considering that the watermelon is green (verde) on the outside and red (roșu) on the inside, some people call it ”pepene verde” and others call it ”pepene roșu.” However, its standard name is ”pepene verde”.

We appreciate that you are learning Romanian with us. Please feel free to write us again.

Sincerely,

Patricia

Team RomanianPod101.com

Is there a difference between pepene roşu and pepene verde. This lesson translates watermelon as pepene verde, the food word list gives pepene roşu.

Bună Bernice,

Mulțumim pentru comentarii.

We are glad that you enjoy the lessons :).

Did you want to ask ”Cât costă o mașină în România?”/ ”How much is a car in Romania?” ?

If yes, although I am currently not familiar with car prices in our country, the prices certainly depend on a variety of factors like the different types of cars, if they are new or second hand, etc.

Thank you for learning Romanian with us and good luck with reaching your goals!

Sincerely,

Patricia

Team RomanianPod101.com

Cat costa pentru un masina in Romania?