Learn how to use adjectives to describe people
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| INTRODUCTION |
| Asia: Hi everyone, and welcome back to RomanianPod101.com. This is Absolute Beginner Season 1 Lesson 6 - A Romanian Family Portrait. Asia Here. |
| Mihai: Bună. I'm Mihai. |
| Asia: In this lesson, you’ll learn about using adjectives to describe people. The conversation takes place at the classroom. |
| Mihai: It's between Masanobu and a Romanian Language Teacher. |
| Asia: The speakers are a teacher and a student; therefore, they will speak both formal and informal Romanian. Okay, let's listen to the conversation. |
| DIALOGUE |
| Masanobu: Bună, clasă! Astăzi vă prezint familia mea prin fotografii. |
| Masanobu: Aceasta este mama mea. Este foarte prietenoasă. Lucrează ca doctor. |
| Masanobu: El este tatăl meu. El este pompier. Este bun la suflet. |
| Masanobu: Ea este sora mea. Este cercetătoare. Este timidă, dar mereu optimistă. |
| Masanobu: Și aici este fratele meu. Este destul de sever. Este profesor. |
| Profesorul de limba română: Aha, sever! Mulțumim, Masanobu. Ai o familie foarte frumoasă. |
| Masanobu: Vă mulțumesc! |
| Asia: Listen to the conversation one time slowly. |
| Masanobu: Bună, clasă! Astăzi vă prezint familia mea prin fotografii. |
| Masanobu: Aceasta este mama mea. Este foarte prietenoasă. Lucrează ca doctor. |
| Masanobu: El este tatăl meu. El este pompier. Este bun la suflet. |
| Masanobu: Ea este sora mea. Este cercetătoare. Este timidă, dar mereu optimistă. |
| Masanobu: Și aici este fratele meu. Este destul de sever. Este profesor. |
| Profesorul de limba română: Aha, sever! Mulțumim, Masanobu. Ai o familie foarte frumoasă. |
| Masanobu: Vă mulțumesc! |
| Asia: Listen to the conversation with the English translation. |
| Masanobu: Hi, class! Today I'm introducing my family to you through pictures. |
| Masanobu: This is my mother. She is very friendly. She works as a doctor. |
| Masanobu: He is my father. He is a firefighter. He is a good man. |
| Masanobu: She is my sister. She is a researcher. She is shy, but always optimistic. |
| Masanobu: And here is my brother. He is rather strict. He is a teacher. |
| Romanian Language Teacher: Strict, I see! Thank you, Masanobu. You have a very nice family. |
| Masanobu: Thank you! |
| POST CONVERSATION BANTER |
| Asia: In this conversation, we heard Masanobu talk about his family. |
| Mihai: Yeah, his family sounds nice! |
| Asia: What’s a typical family like in Romania? |
| Mihai: It’s usually a mother, father, and a couple of children. |
| Asia: What about the extended family, such as grandparents? |
| Mihai: Several decades ago, the grandparents would usually live with the family too. |
| Asia: Wow, it’s good to keep the family together like that! |
| Mihai: Yeah, sometimes the children would build an extension to the house so that they could stay with the family. |
| Asia: But not anymore? |
| Mihai: No, houses are generally narrower now. And, there are also blocks of apartments. |
| Asia: That style of housing isn’t as compatible with large families. |
| Mihai: No, it isn’t. |
| Asia: Okay, now onto the vocab. |
| VOCAB LIST |
| Asia: Let’s take a look at the vocabulary from this lesson. The first word is... |
| Mihai: familie [natural native speed] |
| Asia: family |
| Mihai: familie[slowly - broken down by syllable] |
| Mihai: familie [natural native speed] |
| Asia: Next we have... |
| Mihai: mamă [natural native speed] |
| Asia: mother |
| Mihai: mamă[slowly - broken down by syllable] |
| Mihai: mamă [natural native speed] |
| Asia: Next we have... |
| Mihai: tată [natural native speed] |
| Asia: father |
| Mihai: tată[slowly - broken down by syllable] |
| Mihai: tată [natural native speed] |
| Asia: Next we have... |
| Mihai: soră [natural native speed] |
| Asia: sister |
| Mihai: soră[slowly - broken down by syllable] |
| Mihai: soră [natural native speed] |
| Asia: Next we have... |
| Mihai: frate [natural native speed] |
| Asia: brother |
| Mihai: frate[slowly - broken down by syllable] |
| Mihai: frate [natural native speed] |
| Asia: Next we have... |
| Mihai: doctor [natural native speed] |
| Asia: doctor |
| Mihai: doctor[slowly - broken down by syllable] |
| Mihai: doctor [natural native speed] |
| Asia: Next we have... |
| Mihai: profesor [natural native speed] |
| Asia: teacher; professor |
| Mihai: profesor[slowly - broken down by syllable] |
| Mihai: profesor [natural native speed] |
| Asia: Next we have... |
| Mihai: prietenos [natural native speed] |
| Asia: friendly |
| Mihai: prietenos[slowly - broken down by syllable] |
| Mihai: prietenos [natural native speed] |
| Asia: Next we have... |
| Mihai: optimist [natural native speed] |
| Asia: optimistic |
| Mihai: optimist[slowly - broken down by syllable] |
| Mihai: optimist [natural native speed] |
| Asia: And last... |
| Mihai: sever [natural native speed] |
| Asia: strict, severe |
| Mihai: sever[slowly - broken down by syllable] |
| Mihai: sever [natural native speed] |
| KEY VOCAB AND PHRASES |
| Asia: Let's have a closer look at the usage of some of the words and phrases from this lesson. The first phrase is... |
| Mihai: familia mea |
| Asia: meaning "my family." What can you tell us about this phrase? |
| Mihai: This is made of two words. There’s the feminine noun familia, meaning “family.” |
| Asia: And what’s the second word? |
| Mihai: That is mea, a possessive noun meaning “mine.” |
| Asia: When can you use this phrase? |
| Mihai: You can use it whenever you want to refer to “my family.” It’s good in both formal and informal situations. |
| Asia: Can you give us an example using this phrase? |
| Mihai: Sure. For example, you can say Familia mea are mulți membri. |
| Asia: ...which means "My family has many members." |
| Asia: Okay, what's the next word? |
| Mihai: ca doctor |
| Asia: meaning "as a doctor." Let’s break this phrase down. |
| Mihai: The first word, ca, is a preposition, and it has the meaning of “as.” |
| Asia: The second word sounds a lot like “doctor.” |
| Mihai: That’s what it means! You can use this word to say that someone works as a doctor. |
| Asia: If you work as a doctor, can you use it to refer to yourself? |
| Mihai: Yes, you can. It can be used in both formal and informal situations. |
| Asia: Can you give us an example using this phrase? |
| Mihai: Sure. For example, you can say, El este bucătar, dar lucrează ca doctor! |
| Asia: ...which means "He is a chef but he works as a doctor!" |
| Asia: Okay, now onto the lesson focus. |
Lesson focus |
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| Asia: In this lesson, you'll learn how to use adjectives to describe people. |
| Asia: We can use adjectives to describe anything. |
| Mihai: In Romanian, adjectives usually come after the noun. |
| Asia: Is that always the case? |
| Mihai: Not always. There are some special cases where the word comes before the noun, such as in poems. |
| Asia: But in regular Romanian, the adjective will be after the noun. |
| Mihai: Right. For example, we can say, cer albastru. |
| Asia: Meaning “blue sky.” Let’s hear some example sentences. |
| Mihai: Citesc o revistă interesantă. |
| Asia: “I am reading an interesting magazine.” |
| Mihai: Iarba este verde. |
| Asia: “Grass is green.” Are there any easy ways to tell if a word is an adjective? |
| Mihai: There are several word endings that are particular to adjectives in Romanian. |
| Asia: What are they? |
| Mihai: The suffixes -ist, -os, -ic, -iv and -ar. |
| Asia: These are the most frequent endings for adjectives. |
| Mihai: Yes, there are some others, but those are the ones you’ll hear the most. |
| Asia: Let’s hear an example. |
| Mihai: Take the adjective mărinimos. Tatăl tău este mărinimos. |
| Asia: That means “generous,” and the sentence is “Your father is generous.” Let’s change topic slightly and look at the verb “to work” in more detail. |
| Mihai: In Romanian, this is a lucra. Unlike in English, you can only use this to talk about employment. |
| Asia: So you can’t use it to say that a machine is working, for example. |
| Mihai: Right. For example, Eu lucrez ca profesor. |
| Asia: “I work as a teacher.” |
| Mihai: Ea lucrează la un proiect nou. |
| Asia: “She is working on a new project.” |
Outro |
| Asia: 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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