Learn some more useful Romanian phrases and tips for shopping in Romania
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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. |
| The traditional Romanian market, known as Piaţa, is a place where you can find almost everything. Romanians like these marketplaces and go there especially for buying fruits, vegetables, dairy, and other fresh produce, since they are organic which often makes them healthier. If you would like to know more about traditions and traditional flavors, the Piaţa is a place you must visit during your stay in Romania. |
| BODY |
| Normally, when you are interested in buying something, you greet the seller first. Then you ask the questions from the previous lessons, Cât costă? and La ce preţ este? After finding out the price, let’s say you want to buy a kilogram of traditional Romanian cheese. You will have to say: |
| Un kilogram de telemea vă rog. |
| Let’s break it down: |
| (slow) Un ki-lo-gram de te-le-mea vă rog. |
| Once more: |
| Un kilogram de telemea vă rog. |
| The first two words, un kilogram, mean “one kilogram”. They could also be translated as “a kilogram”. |
| Next we have de telemea. |
| De means “of” and telemea is the word for a traditional sort of cheese. |
| (slow) Te-le-mea. |
| Telemea. |
| Last we have vă rog which you might remember as being the Romanian equivalent for “please”. |
| The whole sentence together is: |
| Un kilogram de telemea vă rog. |
| Let’s say that you would like to buy two kilograms of apples. In this case, say: |
| Două kilograme de mere vă rog. |
| (slow) Do-uă ki-lo-gra-me de me-re vă rog. |
| You already know the meaning of the words două and kilograme. |
| Next we have de mere which is translated as |
| “of apples”. |
| (slow) De me-re. |
| De mere. |
| The whole phrase is: |
| Două kilograme de mere vă rog. |
| Some sellers import the merchandise from another country, but you might want to make sure that what you’re buying is a Romanian product. All you have to ask if this: |
| Este producţie românească? |
| “Is it a Romanian product?” |
| (slow)Es-te pro-duc-ţi-e ro-mâ-nea-scă? |
| Este is the present tense form of the verb that means “to be”. |
| (slow) Es-te. |
| Este. |
| Productie means “production”. |
| (slow) Pro-duc-ţi-e. |
| Producţie. |
| And at the end we have românească. which |
| means “Romanian.” |
| (slow) Ro-mâ-neas-că. |
| Românească. |
| Let’s hear the whole question one more time: |
| Este producție românească? |
| 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. |
| “A kilogram of cheese please” |
| (3 sec) Un kilogram de telemea vă rog. |
| (slow) Un ki-lo-gram de te-le-mea vă rog. |
| Un kilogram de telemea vă rog. |
| “Two kilograms of apples please.” |
| (3 sec) Două kilograme de mere vă rog. |
| (slow) Do-uă ki-lo-gra-me de me-re vă rog. |
| Două kilograme de mere vă rog. |
| “Is it a Romanian product?” |
| (3 sec) Este producţie românească? |
| (slow) Es-te pro-duc-ţi-e ro-mâ-neas-că? |
| Este producţie românească? |
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| All right, that's all for this lesson! |
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| Pa! |
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