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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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This lesson's phrase will help you to take matters into your own hands! In this lesson we’ll take a look at the word “please,” which will be very important when you need to ask for something.
BODY
In Romanian, “please” is:
Vă rog.
Let’s break it down:
(slow) Vă rog.
Once more:
Vă rog.
Let’s take a closer look at Vă rog. The first word is a pronoun and does not have an exact English equivalent, therefore it is translated as “you”.
(slow) Vă.
Vă.
The second word rog is a conjugated form of the verb a ruga which means “to ask” or “to pray”.
Let’s hear the expression again:
Vă rog.
(slow) Vă rog.
You can change this phrase into an informal one only by replacing vă with te. The phrase will become: Te rog.
(Slow) Te rog.
One more time: Te rog.
Imagine a situation where you are asking for forgiveness or for a big favor, and the person you’re speaking to is in a bad mood, and you feel that te rog is not enough. You just need to add one more word and the politeness level will increase. Say Vă rog frumos. This expression is literally translated as “ask you beautifully.”
The word frumos is translated as “beautiful”.
Let’s hear that again:
(slow)Vă rog fru-mos.
Vă rog frumos.
There is another expression that is used in the same situations. It is Vă rog mult, and it means “(I) ask you a lot”.
The word mult is translated as “much” or “a lot”.
Let’s hear the phrase one more time.
(slow)Vă rog mult.
Vă rog mult.
When you want to ask for something specifically, say Acesta, vă rog for “this please” and Acela, vă rog for “that please”.
Acesta means “this” and acela is the word for “that”. Both are masculine.
Let’s break the phrases down and hear them one more time:
(slow) A-ces-ta vă rog.
Acesta vă rog.
“this please”
And
(slow) A-ce-la, vă rog.
Acela, vă rog.
“that please”
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.
“Please.” (formal)
(3 sec) Vă rog.
(slow) Vă rog.
Vă rog.
“Please.” (informal)
(3 sec) Te rog.
(slow) Te rog.
Te rog.
“I ask you, please.” (Literally: I ask you beautifully.) (formal)
(3 sec) Vă rog frumos.
(slow) Vă rog fru-mos.
Vă rog frumos.
“I ask you, please.” (Literally: I ask you a lot.) (formal)
(3 sec) Vă rog mult.
(slow) Vă rog mult.
Vă rog mult.
“this please”
(3 sec) Acesta vă rog.
(slow) Acesta vă rog.
Acesta vă rog.
“that please”
(3 sec) Acela, vă rog.
(slow) Acela, vă rog.
Acela, vă rog.

Outro
All right, that's all for this lesson!
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Pa!

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