Learn how to answer the first question you are asked at a Romanian restaurant: "How many?"
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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. |
| Romania is famous for its tasty food and wine. There is a wide variety of Romanian dishes, and your job as a visitor is to try as many different meals as possible! However, before you start eating, you have to get to the table! In this lesson, we'll cover getting a table in a restaurant. |
| BODY |
| When entering a Romanian restaurant, you will be greeted with Bine ați venit, which is translated as “welcome.” |
| (slow) Bi-ne ați ve-nit! |
| Bine ați venit! |
| The first word bine means “well”. |
| (slow) Bi-ne. |
| Bine. |
| Next we have “ați venit” a past tense form of the verb that means “to come”. |
| (slow) Ați ve-nit. |
| Ați venit. |
| You may also be greeted with Poftiți which means “welcome” but in English it can also be translated as “enter.” |
| (slow) Pof-tiți. |
| Poftiți. |
| When you enter a restaurant, a waiter or waitress will come and greet you and often ask you the question “How many people are you?” In Romanian, this is Câte persoane sunteți? |
| Let’s break it down: |
| (slow) Câ-te per-soa-ne sun-teți? |
| Once more: |
| Câte persoane sunteți? |
| The first word, câte, means “how many?” |
| (slow) Câ-te? |
| Câte? |
| After this comes persoane, which means “persons” or “people”. |
| (slow) Per-soa-ne. |
| Persoane. |
| ...and next we have sunteți, which is a present form of the verb a fi translated in English as “to be” |
| Now let’s learn to answer. |
| You might tell the waiter or waitress... |
| Suntem două persoane which in English means “We are two people.” |
| Let’s break it down: |
| (slow) Sun-tem do-uă per-soa-ne. |
| Once again: |
| Suntem două persoane. |
| The first word, suntem, is a form of the verb translated as “to be.” |
| (slow) Sun-tem. |
| Suntem. |
| After this comes două, the feminine form of number two. |
| (slow) Do-uă. |
| Două. |
| And last we have persoane which means “persons”. |
| Let’s take a look at some of the numbers you might need, from two to five: |
| 2 două |
| (slow) do-uă |
| 3 trei |
| (slow) trei |
| 4 patru |
| (slow) pa-tru |
| 5 cinci |
| (slow) cinci |
| If you are just one person, say Sunt doar eu. Because in Romanian the subject is not always necessary in the sentence, the literal translation is “am only me”, but that definitely sounds weird in English. So we will translate it as “only me” or “just me”. |
| Let’s break it down: |
| (slow) Sunt doar eu. |
| Once more: |
| Sunt doar eu. |
| The first word, sunt, is a form of the verb that means “to be”. |
| (slow) Sunt. |
| Sunt. |
| After this we have doar eu which is translated as “only me.” |
| 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. |
| “Welcome.” |
| (3 sec) Bine ați venit. |
| (slow) Bi-ne ați ve-nit. |
| Bine ați venit. |
| “Welcome.” |
| (3 sec) Poftiți. |
| (slow) Pof-tiți. |
| Poftiți. |
| “How many people are you?” |
| (3 sec) Câte persoane sunteți? |
| (slow) Câ-te per-soa-ne sun-teți? |
| Câte persoane sunteți? |
| “We are two people.” |
| (3 sec) Suntem două persoane. |
| (slow) Suntem două persoane. |
| Suntem două persoane. |
| “(I am) only me.” |
| (3 sec)Sunt doar eu. |
| (slow) Sunt doar eu. |
| Sunt doar eu. |
Outro |
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| 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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