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INTRODUCTION
Salut, and welcome to Romanian Survival Phrases, brought to you by RomanianPod101.com
This course is designed to equip you with the language skills and knowledge to enable you to get the most out of your visit to Romania. You'll be surprised at how far a little Romanian will go.
Now before we jump in, remember to stop by RomanianPod101.com.
There, you’ll find the accompanying PDF lesson notes and additional info in the post. If you stop by, be sure to leave us a comment.
In this lesson you will learn a very useful phrase meaning “I don’t understand.” It is useful, of course, because many times you won’t immediately pick up on what people are saying.
BODY
In Romanian, “I don’t understand” is
Nu înțeleg.
Let’s break it down:
(slow) Nu în-țe-leg.
Once more:
Nu înțeleg.
Basic knowledge of the Romanian language may be one reason that you don’t understand something. In this case, say
Nu înțeleg româna. This expression is translated in English as “I don’t understand Romanian”
Let’s break it down:
(slow) Nu în-țe-leg ro-mâ-na.
Nu înțeleg româna.
The first word nu means “no”
(slow) Nu.
Nu.
Next we have înțeleg, a conjugated form of the verb translated as “to understand.”
(slow) În-țe-leg.
Înțeleg.
And the last word româna means “the Romanian”
(slow) ro-mâ-na.
româna.
Another option is to tell someone, “I don’t speak Romanian.”
Nu vorbesc româna.
Let’s break it down:
(slow) Nu vor-besc ro-mâ-na.
Once again:
Nu vorbesc româna.
We already explained the first word nu.
This is followed by vorbesc, which is a form of the Romanian verb translated as “to speak.”
(slow) Vor-besc.
Vorbesc.
Next we have româna, the word for “the Romanian.”
Here’s the whole sentence:
(slow) Nu vor-besc ro-mâ-na.
Nu vorbesc româna.
REVIEW
Okay, to close out this lesson, we'd like you to practice what you've just learned. I'll provide you with the English equivalent of the phrase and you're responsible for saying it aloud. You have a few seconds before I give you the answer, so mult noroc , which means "Good luck!" in Romanian.
“I don’t understand.”
(3 sec) Nu înțeleg.
(slow) Nu în-țe-leg.
Nu înțeleg.
“I don’t understand Romanian.”
(3 sec) Nu înțeleg româna.
(slow) Nu în-țe-leg ro-mâ-na.
Nu înțeleg româna.
“I don’t speak Romanian.”
(3 sec) Nu vorbesc româna.
(slow) Nu vor-be-sc ro-mâ-na.
Nu vorbesc româna.

Outro
All right, that's all for this lesson!
Remember to stop by RomanianPod101.com and pick up the accompanying PDF lesson notes.
If you stop by, be sure to leave us a comment.
Pa!

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