Learn to ask "Where is the bathroom?" in Romanian
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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. |
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| 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, we’ll cover an extremely important phrase: “Where is the bathroom?” |
| BODY |
| In Romanian “Where is the bathroom?” is: |
| Unde este baia? Most of the time, this expression is used when you are invited to someone’s home. |
| Let’s break it down: |
| (slow) Un-de es-te ba-ia? |
| Once more: |
| Unde este baia? |
| Let’s take a closer look at that. The first word, unde means “where.” |
| (slow) Un-de. |
| Unde. |
| This is followed by este, which is a present form of the verb “to be”. |
| (slow) Es-te. |
| Este. |
| The word baia, means “the bathroom.” |
| (slow) Baia. |
| Baia. |
| Let’s hear the whole question one more time. |
| (slow) Un-de es-te ba-ia? |
| Unde este baia? |
| Another phrase that Romanians use is “Where is the toilet?”, Unde este toaleta? This is the equivalent to Unde este baia? but is used more in public places like restaurants, theaters, and shopping centers. |
| Let’s break it down: |
| (slow) Un-de es-te to-a-le-ta? |
| Once more: |
| Unde este toaleta? |
| As we mentioned, the first word, unde, means “where” |
| (slow) Un-de. |
| Unde. |
| The second word, este, is a present form of the verb “to be”. |
| (slow) Es-te. |
| Este. |
| And last we have toaleta which means “the toilet”. |
| (slow) To-a-le-ta. |
| Toaleta. |
| If you are looking for the ladies’ room, just take the phrase we just learned Unde este toaleta? and add the word femeilor at the end. It will sound like this: |
| Unde este toaleta femeilor? |
| Let’s break it down: |
| (slow) Un-de es-te to-a-le-ta fe-me-i-lor? |
| Once more: |
| Unde este toaleta femeilor? |
| Femeilor can be translated as “ladies’”. It is formed by adding lor at the end of the word femei which in Romanian means “women.” |
| (slow) Fe-me-i-lor. |
| Femeilor. |
| Let’s repeat the whole question. |
| (slow) Un-de es-te to-a-le-ta fe-me-i-lor? |
| Once more: |
| Unde este toaleta femeilor? |
| If you are looking for the men’s room, just replace the word femeilor meaning “ladies’” with barbaților meaning “men’s”. |
| Unde este toaleta bărbaților? |
| Let’s break it down: |
| (slow) Un-de es-te to-a-le-ta băr-ba-ți-lor? |
| Once more: |
| Unde este toaleta bărbaților? |
| Bărbatilor means “men’s.” |
| (slow) Băr-ba-ți-lor |
| Bărbaților |
| Let’s hear it one more time: |
| (slow) Un-de es-te to-a-le-ta băr-ba-ți-lor? |
| Once more: |
| Unde este toaleta bărbaților? |
| Let’s hear both of the sentences one more time: |
| Unde este toaleta femeilor. |
| Unde este toaleta bărbaților. |
| There might be restrooms in Romania where words are written on the doors. In this case, all you have to do is read the words. Let’s learn them. |
| As we’ve learned already, the word for “women” is |
| Femei. |
| And for “men,” you will see |
| Bărbați. |
| Let’s hear those once more. |
| The word for “women” is femei. |
| (slow) Fe-mei. |
| Femei. |
| The word for “men” is bărbați. |
| (slow) Băr-bați. |
| Bărbați. |
| In Romanian it may not always be simple to find a toilet. If you are on the street, for example, you will definitely want to ask: “Where is the nearest toilet?” In Romanian, that is translated as: |
| Unde este cea mai apropiată toaletă? |
| Let’s break it down: |
| (slow) Un-de es-te cea mai a-pro-pi-a-tă to-a-le-tă? |
| Once more: |
| Unde este cea mai apropiată toaletă? |
| The new words in this sentence are cea mai apropiată, which all together are translated in English as “the nearest”. |
| (slow) cea mai a-pro-pi-a-tă |
| cea mai apropiată |
| Let’s hear the whole sentence again. |
| Unde este cea mai apropiată toaletă? |
| 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. |
| “Where is the bathroom?” |
| (3 sec) Unde este baia? |
| (slow) Un-de es-te ba-ia? |
| Unde este baia? |
| “Where is the toilet?” |
| (3 sec) Unde este toaleta? |
| (slow) Un-de es-te to-a-le-ta? |
| Unde este toaleta? |
| “Where is the ladies’ room?” |
| (3 sec) Unde este toaleta femeilor? |
| (slow) Un-de es-te to-a-le-ta fe-me-i-lor? |
| Unde este toaleta femeilor? |
| “Where is the men’s room?” |
| (3 sec) Unde este toaleta bărbaților? |
| (slow) Un-de es-te to-a-le-ta băr-ba-ți-lor? |
| Unde este toaleta bărbaților? |
| “Women” |
| (3 sec) Femei. |
| (slow) Fe-mei. |
| Femei. |
| “Men” |
| (3 sec) Bărbați. |
| (slow) Băr-bați. |
| Bărbați. |
| “Where is the nearest toilet?” |
| (3 sec) Unde este cea mai apropiată toaletă? |
| (slow) Unde este cea mai apropiată toaletă? |
| Unde este cea mai apropiată toaletă? |
Outro |
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| All right, that's all for this lesson! |
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| Pa! |
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