Learn larger numbers 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. |
| 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, we’re going to continue with counting from 11 to 100. |
| BODY |
| Let’s just quickly review 0-10. |
| 0 zero |
| 1 unu |
| una if the thing you’re counting is feminine |
| next we have: |
| 2 doi for masculine words and |
| două for feminine |
| 3 trei |
| 4 patru |
| 5 cinci |
| 6 şase |
| 7 şapte |
| 8 opt |
| 9 nouă |
| 10 zece |
| Now let’s continue with 11 to 20. |
| 11 unsprezece |
| (slow) un-spre-ze-ce. |
| unsprezece |
| This word may sound very difficult when you first hear it, but in reality, it is very simple. |
| Unsprezece is made up of three words. They are un, spre, and zece. |
| Un means one. |
| Spre is translated as “to” or “towards”. |
| (slow) Spre. |
| One more time: |
| Spre. |
| Literally translated, unsprezece is “1 towards 10.” |
| Here are the next numbers. |
| 12 doisprezece |
| (slow) doi-spre-ze-ce |
| doisprezece |
| 13 treisprezece |
| (slow) trei-spre-ze-ce |
| treisprezece |
| 14 paisprezece |
| (slow) pai-spre-ze-ce |
| paisprezece |
| 15 cincisprezece |
| (slow) cinci-spre-ze-ce |
| cincisprezece |
| 16 şaisprezece |
| (slow) șai-spre-ze-ce |
| șaisprezece |
| 17 şaptesprezece |
| (slow) şap-te-spre-ze-ce |
| şaptesprezece |
| 18 optsprezece |
| (slow) opt-spre-ze-ce |
| optsprezece |
| 19 nouăsprezece |
| (slow) nouă-spre-ze-ce |
| nouăsprezece |
| 20 douăzeci |
| (slow) do-uă-zeci |
| douăzeci |
| You probably noticed that the number twenty sounds different. |
| Douăzeci is made up of two other words. The first one is două, which means “two.” |
| (slow) Do-uă. |
| Două . |
| The second word is zeci, which is the plural form of the number ten. |
| (slow) Zeci. |
| Zeci. |
| Douăzeci is literally translated as two tens. |
| Because the word zeci is feminine, we use două, the feminine word for “two”, in front of the word. Let’s count in tens up to one hundred, so that we can see the similarities. |
| 10 zece |
| (slow) ze-ce |
| zece |
| 20 douăzeci |
| (slow) do-uă-zeci |
| douăzeci |
| 30 treizeci |
| (slow) trei-zeci |
| treizeci |
| 40 patruzeci |
| (slow)pa-tru-zeci |
| patruzeci |
| 50 cincizeci |
| (slow)cinci-zeci |
| cincizeci |
| 60 şaizeci |
| (slow) şai-zeci |
| şaizeci |
| 70 şaptezeci |
| (slow) şap-te-zeci |
| şaptezeci |
| 80 optzeci |
| (slow) opt-zeci |
| optzeci |
| 90 nouăzeci |
| (slow) no-uă-zeci |
| nouăzeci |
| Finally, we have o sută, which is “one hundred.” |
| 100 o sută |
| (slow) o su-tă |
| o sută |
| Now that we have learned the tens, let’s learn to count the numbers that are in between. |
| 21 sounds like this: douăzeci și unu. |
| Douăzeci means “twenty”. |
| (slow) Două-zeci. |
| Douăzeci. |
| Și means “and”. |
| Next we have unu which means “one”. |
| The whole number is douăzeci și unu, which is literally translated as “twenty and one”. |
| Let’s make some sentences using numbers now. |
| Here is the first one: |
| “I have fifty euros.” |
| Am cincizeci de euro. |
| Let’s break it down: |
| (slow) Am cinci-zeci de e-u-ro. |
| Once again: |
| Am cincizeci de euro. |
| Am is a present tense form of the verb that means “to have.” |
| The next word, cincizeci, means "fifty." |
| (slow) Cincizeci. |
| Cincizeci. |
| The last word de euro, are literally translated as "of euro." |
| All together, we have |
| Am cincizeci de euro. |
| Let’s try making the Romanian word for “fifty–three.” “Fifty” is cincizeci and “three” is trei. Putting them together, we have cincizeci şi trei or “fifty-three.” |
| Let’s break it down: |
| (slow) Cinci-zeci şi trei. |
| And once more: |
| Cincizeci şi trei. |
| Let’s use cincizeci şi trei to say “I have fifty-three euros”: |
| Am cincizeci și trei de euro. |
| Let’s break that down: |
| (slow) Am cinci-zeci şi trei de e-u-ro. |
| And at natural speed: |
| Am cincizeci şi trei de euro. |
| Am is translated as “I have”. |
| We just learned that cincizeci şi trei means “fifty-three.” |
| (slow) Cinci-zeci şi trei. |
| Cincizeci şi trei. |
| The next words, de euro, are literally translated as “of euro.” |
| The whole sentence, then, is... |
| Am cincizeci şi trei de euro. |
| As you probably noticed in this last sentence, we added de after cincizeci si trei or “fifty-three”. De is used after numbers starting with 20. All the numbers that come after 20 will have de after them when we use them for counting something. The numbers that come before 20 never have de after them. |
| 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 have fifty euros.” |
| (3 secs)Am cincizeci de euro. |
| (slow) Am cinci-zeci de e-u-ro. |
| Am cincizeci de euro. |
| “I have fifty-three euros” |
| (3 secs)Am cincizeci şi trei de euro. |
| (slow) Am cinci-zeci şi trei de e-u-ro. |
| Am cincizeci şi trei de euro. |
Outro |
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| All right, that's all for this lesson! |
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| Pa! |
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