Learn the phrases to use at Romanian post office
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| Romanian Survival Phrases. Season 2. Lesson 15: Romanian Post Office, Part 2: What’s in This Package? |
| 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 this lesson we're going to work on getting your package one step closer to its intended destination. In the previous lesson, we discussed the phrase Vreau să trimit acest pachet în Franţa meaning "I would like to send this package to France". |
| BODY |
| Let’s hear it one more time: |
| (slow) Vreau să tri-mit a-cest pa-chet în Fran-ţa. |
| Vreau să trimit acest pachet în Franţa. |
| Of course we can replace “France” with the name of any other country. |
| When sending a package, though, you’ll be asked what’s inside the package. In Romanian, "What's in the package?" is Ce aveţi în pachet? |
| Let’s break it down: |
| (slow)Ce a-veţi în pa-chet? |
| Once more: |
| Ce aveţi în pachet? |
| The first word, ce, means “what”. |
| (slow) Ce. |
| Ce. |
| After this comes the word aveţi, which is a form of the verb that means “to have”. |
| (slow) A-veţi. |
| Aveţi. |
| Next, we have the word în, which is translated as “in”. |
| (slow) În. |
| În. |
| At the end we have pachet, “package”. |
| (slow) Pa-chet. |
| Pachet. |
| All together, it’s |
| (slow) Ce a-veţi în pa-chet? |
| Once more: |
| Ce aveţi în pachet? |
| English is perfectly acceptable to name all the things you want to send. |
| Another question that you’ll be asked is “Do you want to send it priority or normal?” |
| Îl trimiteţi prioritar sau normal? |
| Let’s break it down: |
| (slow) Îl tri-mi-teţi pri-o-ri-tar sau nor-mal? |
| Once more: |
| Îl trimiteţi prioritar sau normal? |
| The first word îl , is a form of the pronoun translated as “he” or “it”. |
| (slow) Îl. |
| Îl. |
| Then you have trimiteți which is a form of the verb that means “to send”. |
| (slow) Tri-mi-teţi. |
| Trimiteţi. |
| Next we have prioritar, meaning “priority”. |
| (slow) Pri-o-ri-tar. |
| Prioritar. |
| After that we have sau, which means “or” |
| (slow) Sau. |
| Sau. |
| At the end we have normal, the Romanian word for “normal”. |
| (slow) Nor-mal. |
| Normal. |
| All together, we have: |
| (slow) Îl tri-mi-teţi pri-o-ri-tar sau nor-mal? |
| Îl trimiteţi prioritar sau normal? |
| You may also be asked Îl trimiteţi urgent sau normal? which means “Do you want to send it express, or normally?” |
| The word prioritar was replaced with urgent, translated in this case as “express”. |
| (slow) Ur-gent. |
| Urgent. |
| Let’s hear the phrase one more time. |
| (slow) Îl tri-mi-teţi ur-gent sau nor-mal? |
| Îl trimiteţi urgent sau normal? |
| In English:“Do you want to send it express or normally?” |
| For the rules regarding which things you cannot send abroad, check the Internet, or ask directly at the post office. |
| 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. |
| “What's in the package?” |
| (3 sec)Ce aveţi în pachet? |
| (slow)Ce a-veţi în pa-chet? |
| Ce aveţi în pachet? |
| “Do you want to send it priority or normal?” |
| ( 3 sec)Îl trimiteţi prioritar sau normal? |
| (slow) Îl tri-mi-teţi pri-o-ri-tar sau nor-mal? |
| Îl trimiteţi prioritar sau normal? |
| “Do you want to send it express, or normally?” |
| (3 sec) Îl trimiteţi urgent sau normal? |
| (slow) Îl tri-mi-teţi ur-gent sau nor-mal? |
| Îl trimiteţi urgent sau normal? |
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. |
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| Pa! |
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