Learn how to say, "You're welcome" 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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| In this lesson, we’ll continue to learn more phrases that will help you with basic etiquette. Romanian people are naturally hospitable and warm, so phrases of gratitude are used quite often. Even if you don’t get the chance to use cu plăcere, which is the expression for “You're welcome”, during your trip to Romania, there’s a very big chance you'll hear it. So let’s have a closer look at it! |
| BODY |
| In Romanian the most common way of saying “You’re welcome” is |
| Cu plăcere. |
| Let's break it down: |
| (slow) Cu plă-ce-re. |
| Once more: |
| Cu plăcere. |
| Literally this means “with pleasure” |
| The word cu means “with” |
| (slow) Cu. |
| Cu. |
| Plăcere means “pleasure”. |
| (slow) Plă-ce-re. |
| Plăcere. |
| All together that is |
| (slow) Cu plă-ce-re. |
| Cu plăcere. |
| Another way of responding to someone who thanked you is pentru puţin. In English this means “for little”. |
| Pentru puţin |
| Let's break it down: |
| (slow) Pen-tru pu-ţin. |
| Once more: |
| Pentru puțin. |
| The first word, pentru, means “ for.” |
| (slow) Pen - tru |
| Pentru |
| The second word, puţin , means “little.” |
| (slow)Pu-ţin |
| Puţin |
| All together, that’s |
| (slow) Pen-tru pu-ţin. |
| Pentru puţin. |
| Romanians have another expression using the same word pentru – it is pentru nimic. Translated in English it means “for nothing”. |
| Let’s break it down: |
| (slow) Pen-tru ni-mic |
| Once more: |
| Pentru nimic. |
| This phrase starts with the word pentru meaning “for”. |
| Next we have nimic, meaning “nothing.” |
| (slow) Ni-mic. |
| Nimic. |
| Again, the whole phrase is |
| (slow) Pen-tru ni-mic. |
| Pentru nimic. |
| There will be occasions when you will say mulţumesc, the word for “thank you”, and the response will be Mi-a făcut plăcere să te ajut. The translation in English is “it was a pleasure to help you”. |
| Let’s break that phrase down: |
| (slow) Mi-a fă-cut plă-ce-re să te ajut. |
| Once more: |
| Mi-a făcut plăcere să te ajut. |
| In this phrase, the word plăcere means “pleasure” and făcut means “done”. You will understand the exact translation later when we introduce you to Romanian grammar. Now, let’s focus on pronunciation. |
| Again, the whole phrase is |
| (slow) Mi-a fă-cut plă-ce-re să te a-jut. |
| Mi-a făcut plăcere să te ajut. |
| This phrase is very polite and you can make it sound formal at the same time by replacing the word te with vă. It will sound like this: Mi-a făcut plăcere să vă ajut. This phrase can be used with older people and in situations where formality is needed, such as in a post office or a bank. |
| Remember: |
| Cu plăcere means “With pleasure” and it is the equivalent for “You are welcome.” |
| Pentru puţin means “For little.” |
| Pentru nimic means “For nothing.” |
| And the phrase Mi-a făcut plăcere să te ajut means “It was a pleasure to help you.” |
| All the expressions can be used in any situation, formal or informal, except Mi-a făcut plăcere să te ajut. But remember in order to change this phrase into a formal one, you should say vă instead of te. |
| 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. |
| “You’re welcome.” |
| (3 sec) Cu plăcere. |
| (slow) Cu plă-ce-re. |
| Cu plăcere. |
| “For little.” |
| (3 sec) Pentru puţin. |
| (slow) Pen-tru pu-ţin. |
| Pentru puţin. |
| “For nothing” |
| (3 sec) Pentru nimic. |
| (slow) Pen-tru ni-mic. |
| Pentru nimic. |
| “It was a pleasure to help you” |
| (3 sec) Mi-a făcut plăcere să vă ajut. |
| (slow) Mi-a fă-cut plă-ce-re să vă a-jut. |
| Mi-a facut plăcere să vă ajut. |
Outro |
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| All right, that's all for this lesson! |
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| Pa! |
Comments
HideHello, Listeners! How can you say 'Thank you' and 'You're welcome' in Romanian? Let's practice here!
Bună Melinda,
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Do I have to pay for this lesson?
Bună Adam,
Thank you for your comment. We appreciate that you are learning Romanian with us!
In Romanian it is the same. Usually we reply with ”Mulțumesc”/ ”Thank you!” as an answer to ”Good luck!”.
To clarify this, please look at the Lesson transcript or listen to the lesson audio again. You will notice that when the teacher said "Good luck!" it was the end of the introduction of an exercise. She wished the listeners ”Good luck!” as in good luck in doing the exercise that follows. The exercise consists in saying in Romanian the expressions that the teacher says in English. The exercise itself starts with the expression ”You"re welcome”, but as an independent expression.
I hope this helps.
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Patricia
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In the Lesson Audio, The lady said "Mult noroc" means 'Good luck' and in response I am supposed to say 'Welcome' (Cu plăcere,pentru nimic,pentru puțin...)
But in English you say 'Thanks' if someone wish (good luck) to you, I don't know if it's different in Romania, could you please tell me to make sure. :V
Bună @Marda Stone,
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Multumesc, i am having fun learning romanian!
Bună David,
Thank you for your feedback. We appreciate it.
You are correct, ”Pentru nimic” means ”For nothing” and another similar way of saying it would be "It's nothing" - this can also be translated as "N-ai pentru ce". However, as mentioned in the lesson, the most common expression of this type is "cu plăcere" ("you are welcome").
I will follow-up with our team to make the corrections to the translation, where needed.
We are glad that you are learning Romanian with us. If you have any questions please don't hesitate to ask.
Numai bine,
Patricia
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In English, "Thanks for nothing" is rude, as others have said. So is "Pentru nimic" the Romanian equivalent of "It's nothing" rather than "Sunt nimic" or something like that? And doesn't the text above that says "Pentru nimic means "For little"" need to say it means "For nothing"––just wanted to ask. Multumesc!
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Buna sunt Cristina !!!
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Multimesc foarte mult. The format of the lessons are very helpful. I work on them cu placere.
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After a week of going through all the lessons have been great and I've learned a lot but it is now not letting me see anything but now every lesson I pull up is not showing the lesson just to upgrade😞
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Cristiane
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Hi Team!
Mulţumesc!
Cu plăcere!
Joe B. 🗽
👌😎
Hello Mortimer,
Thank you for your message.
This is correct, "pentru nimic" is a friendly response in Romanian. However, as mentioned at the end of the lesson, the most common way to say "You are welcome" in Romanian is "Cu plăcere".
If you have any questions, please let us know.
Sincerely,
Patricia
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I was a bit confused about "pentru nimic". In English, "Thank you for nothing" is rude 😮 I checked with my friendly neighbourhood Romanian and "pentru nimic" is a nice response.
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Cristiane
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Thanks.
Loud and Clear