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| Romanian Survival Phrases. Season 2. Lesson 1: Riding the Subway in Bucharest |
| 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 only city in Romania that has a subway is Bucharest. Riding the subway, which is called metrou in Romanian, is one of the best ways to reach the most important parts of the capital. In this lesson we’ll cover how to ride the subway. As we’ve learned in previous lessons, in Romania you can buy tickets at kiosks and stations. This is true of the subway as well, but usually there are more conveniently located vending machines and ticket stands at the entrance of a subway station. Just in case you get confused and have to ask the station attendant, we’ve prepared this lesson for you! |
| BODY |
| Now let’s get ourselves a subway ticket. You may remember from our previous lessons that the way to ask for a ticket is: |
| Un bilet vă rog. |
| (slow) Un bi-let vă rog. |
| Un bilet vă rog. |
| Our location in this lesson is Bucharest. Imagine you’re going from Piața Victoriei to Piața Unirii, the center of the city where the Unirea Shopping Center is located. You want to know what line will take you there. |
| You can find out by asking, “Excuse me, which line goes to Unirea Shopping Center?” |
| Mă scuzați, care linie duce la Unirea Shopping Center? |
| Let’s break this down: |
| (slow) Mă scu-zați, ca-re li-ni-e du-ce la U-ni-rea sho-pping cen-ter? |
| And again at natural speed: |
| Mă scuzați care linie duce la Unirea shopping center? |
| First comes the usual Mă scuzați meaning “excuse me”. |
| Next is care which is translated as “which”. |
| (slow) Ca-re. |
| Care. |
| After that we have linie which means “line”. |
| (slow) Li-ni-e. |
| Linie. |
| Then comes duce , the present form of the verb “to go”. |
| (slow) Du-ce. |
| Duce. |
| After that comes la Unirea Shopping Center which means “at Unirea Shopping Center”. |
| All together, that’s: |
| Mă scuzați, care linie duce la Unirea Shopping Center? |
| Here’s a possible answer. “Line M1 goes to Unirea Shopping Center.” |
| Linia M1 duce la Unirea Shopping Center. |
| Let’s break that sentence down: |
| (slow) Li-ni-a M1 du-ce la U-ni-rea Sho-pping Cen-ter. |
| Linia M1 duce la Unirea Shopping Center. |
| The first word is linia, which means “the line”. |
| (slow) Li-ni-a. |
| Linia. |
| Next we have M1 which is the name of the line. |
| The whole sentence again is: |
| Linia M1 duce la Unirea Shopping Center. |
| 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 ticket, please.” |
| (3 sec) Un bilet vă rog. |
| (slow) Un bi-let vă rog. |
| Un bilet vă rog. |
| “Excuse me, which line goes to Unirea shopping center?” |
| (3 sec) Mă scuzați, care linie duce la Unirea Shopping Center? |
| (slow) Mă scu-zați, ca-re li-ni-e du-ce la U-ni-rea Sho-pping Cen-ter? |
| Mă scuzați, care linie duce la Unirea Shopping Center? |
| “Line M1 goes to Unirea Shopping Center.” |
| (3 sec) Linia M1 duce la Unirea Shopping Center. |
| (slow) Li-ni-a M1 du-ce la U-ni-rea Sho-pping Cen-ter. |
| Linia M1 duce la Unirea Shopping Center. |
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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