Learn to ask for an English guide
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| Romanian Survival Phrases. Season 2. Lesson 19: Do You Have an English Guide? |
| 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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| 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’ll introduce you to a crucial phrase for travelers who are interested in learning more about the tourist attractions they’re visiting. Learning about the history and cultural significance of places you visit can be just as rewarding as seeing them. So now we’ll cover how to say “Do you have an English information guide?” |
| BODY |
| In Romanian, “Do you have an English information guide?” is: |
| Aveţi un ghid de informaţie în engleză? |
| Let’s break it down: |
| A-veţi un ghid de in-for-ma-ţi-e în en-gle-ză? |
| Once more: |
| Aveţi un ghid de informaţie în engleză? |
| The first word, aveţi, is a verb that is translated as “do you have”. |
| (slow) A-veţi. |
| Aveţi. |
| Next we have un ghid, which means “a guide”. |
| (slow) Un ghid. |
| Un ghid. |
| This is followed by de informaţie, which literally means “of information”. |
| (slow) De in-for-ma-ţi-e. |
| De informaţie. |
| Next we have în engleză, which means “in English”. |
| (slow) În en-gle-ză. |
| În engleză. |
| All together, we have: |
| (slow) A-veţi un ghid de in-for-ma-ţi-e în en-gle-ză? |
| Aveţi un ghid de informaţie în engleză? |
| This sentence refers to a pamphlet at the entrance of the museum. |
| To ask for a guide in a different language, we can just replace the word for “English” with the word for any other language. Let’s try with “French”. |
| “Do you have a French information guide?” is |
| Aveţi un ghid de informaţie în franceză? |
| (slow) A-veţi un ghid de in-for-ma-ţi-e în fran-ce-ză? |
| Aveţi un ghid de informaţie în franceză? |
| The only thing that changes is the language you’re looking for. In this case it’s franceză. |
| (slow) Fran-ce-ză. |
| Franceză. |
| Now let’s try with a German guide! In Romanian, “German” would be germană. |
| (slow) Ger-ma-nă. |
| Germană. |
| “Do you have a German information guide?” is |
| Aveţi un ghid de informaţie în germană? |
| (slow) A-veţi un ghid de in-for-ma-ţi-e în ger-ma-nă? |
| Aveţi un ghid de informaţie în germană? |
| Piece of cake! |
| 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. |
| “Do you have an English information guide?” |
| (3 sec) Aveţi un ghid de informaţie în engleză? |
| (slow) A-veţi un ghid de in-for-ma-ţi-e în en-gle-ză? |
| Aveţi un ghid de informaţie în engleză? |
| Do you have a French information guide?” |
| (3 sec) Aveţi un ghid de informaţie în franceză? |
| (slow) A-veţi un ghid de in-for-ma-ţi-e în fran-ce-ză? |
| Aveţi un ghid de informaţie în franceză? |
| “Do you have a German information guide?” is |
| (3 sec)Aveţi un ghid de informaţie în germană? |
| (slow) A-veţi un ghid de in-for-ma-ţi-e în ger-ma-nă? |
| Aveţi un ghid de informaţie în germană? |
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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