Learn how to ask someone, "Write it down please" in Romanian
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| Romanian Survival Phrases. Season 2. Lesson 10: Learn to Write in Romanian without Lifting a Pen! |
| 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 the previous lesson, we covered how to ask, “How do you say this in Romanian?”, which was Cum se spune la acesta/aceasta în română? Do you remember? In this lesson, because we don’t want you to be caught off guard in any kind of situation in Romania, we’re going to introduce a new phrase that’s important to help you focus on your skills, not on the sounds, but on the writing. So let’s start this new lesson. |
| BODY |
| In Romania, “Can you write it down, please?” is |
| Puteţi să scrieţi vă rog? |
| Let’s break it down: |
| (slow) Pu-teţi să scri-eţi vă rog? |
| Once more: |
| Puteţi să scrieţi vă rog? |
| The first word puteţi is translated as “can you”. Puteţi also makes the phrase formal. |
| (slow) Pu-teţi. |
| Puteţi. |
| Next we have să scrieţi, which is translated as “to write” |
| (slow)Să scri-eţi. |
| Să scrieţi. |
| Vă rog is “please” as you may remember from previous lessons. |
| All together: |
| Puteţi să scrieţi vă rog? |
| This means, "Can you write it, please?” |
| As you already observed, the previous phrase is not very specific. To make yourself more clear you can say: “Can you write this phrase?” |
| Puteţi să scrieţi această frază? |
| Let’s break it down: |
| (slow) Pu-teţi să scri-eţi a-ceas-tă fra-ză? |
| Once more: |
| Puteţi să scrieţi această frază? |
| The new word in this question is frază which means “phrase” |
| (slow) Fra-ză. |
| Frază. |
| Această frază means “this phrase.” |
| (slow) A-ceas-tă fra-ză. |
| Această frază. |
| Let’s hear the whole phrase one more time: |
| (slow)Pu-teţi să scri-eţi a-ceas-tă fra-ză? |
| Puteţi să scrieţi această frază? |
| Also, you can say Puteţi să scrieţi acest cuvânt? In English, that means “Can you write down this word?” |
| Let’s break it down. |
| (slow) Pu-teţi să scri-eţi a-cest cu-vânt? |
| Puteţi să scrieţi acest cuvânt? |
| It might be that people aren’t carrying a piece of paper or a pen. So before asking Puteţi să scrieţi acest cuvânt? try asking Aveţi o foaie şi un pix? |
| This means “Do you have paper and a pen?” |
| Let’s break it down: |
| (slow) A-veţi o foa-ie şi un pix? |
| Once more: |
| Aveţi o foaie şi un pix? |
| The first word, aveţi, is translated as “do you have” |
| (slow)A-veţi. |
| Aveţi. |
| Then you have o foaie, which in English is “a paper”. |
| (slow) O foa-ie. |
| O foaie. |
| Then you have şi which means “and”. |
| (slow) Şi. |
| Şi. |
| Finally, we have un pix which means “a pen”. |
| (slow)Un pix. |
| Un pix. |
| Here’s the whole sentence: |
| (slow) A-veți o foa-ie şi un pix? |
| Aveți o foaie şi un pix? |
| As usual, before asking about someone else’s stationery supplies, it’s a good idea to say “excuse me” or mă scuzaţi at the beginning of the sentence. |
| 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. |
| “Can you write it down, please?” |
| (3 sec) Puteţi să scrieţi vă rog? |
| (slow) Pu-teţi să scri-eţi vă rog? |
| Puteţi să scrieţi vă rog? |
| “Can you write down this phrase?” |
| (3 sec) Puteţi să scrieţi această frază? |
| (slow) Pu-teţi să scri-eţi a-cea-stă fra-ză? |
| Puteţi să scrieţi această frază? |
| “Can you write down this word?” |
| (3 sec) Puteţi să scrieţi acest cuvânt? |
| (slow) Pu-teţi să scri-eţi a-cest cu-vânt? |
| Puteţi să scrieţi acest cuvânt? |
| “Do you have paper and a pen?” |
| (3 sec) Aveţi o foaie şi un pix? |
| (slow)A-veţi o foa-ie şi un pix? |
| Aveţi o foaie şi un pix? |
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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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