Learn to ask "How do you eat this?" in Romanian
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| Romanian Survival Phrases. Season 2. Lesson 20: How Do You Eat This Romanian Food? |
| 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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| In Romania there are many delicious dishes! We've already covered how to order them, but now it’s time to learn how to eat them! That’s not always so obvious. In this lesson, we'll learn how to ask, “How do you eat this?" |
| BODY |
| In Romanian, “How do you eat this?” is |
| Cum se mănâncă aceasta? |
| Let’s break it down: |
| (slow) Cum se mă-nân-că a-ceas-ta? |
| Once more: |
| Cum se mănâncă aceasta? |
| The first word, cum, means “how.” |
| (slow) Cum. |
| Cum. |
| Then we have se mănâncă, which is translated as “to eat” |
| (slow) Se mă-nân-că. |
| Se mănâncă. |
| Next comes aceasta, which means “this” |
| (slow) A-ceas-ta. |
| Aceasta. |
| The whole question once again is: |
| Cum se mănâncă aceasta? literally translated as “How to eat this?” |
| Usually, it’s easy to understand how a certain Romanian dish is eaten. But, when it comes to traditional meals, things might get a little bit complicated. Also, keep in mind that pork is very common for Romanian dishes. This is why many Romanian dishes are typically quite heavy. When you’re worried about calories, here’s a useful phrase for you. |
| The question "Is this food very heavy?" in Romanian is |
| Această mâncare are multă grăsime? |
| Let’s break it down: |
| (slow)A-ceas-tă mân-ca-re a-re mul-tă gră-si-me? |
| Once more: |
| Această mâncare are multă grăsime? |
| The first word, această , means “this” and mâncare means “food”. The two words together make această mâncare meaning “this food”. |
| (slow) A-ceas-tă mân-ca-re. |
| Această mâncare. |
| Next we have are, which is a form of the verb that means “to have” |
| (slow) A-re. |
| Are. |
| After that we have multă, which means “a lot”. |
| (slow) Mul-tă. |
| Multă. |
| And at the end comes the word grăsime which means “fat” |
| (slow) Gră-si-me. |
| Grăsime. |
| All together, it becomes |
| (slow) A-ceas-tă mân-ca-re a-re mul-tă gră-si-me? |
| Această mâncare are multă grăsime? |
| The whole phrase literally means |
| “This food has a lot fat?” |
| 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. |
| “How do you eat this?” |
| (literally “How to eat this?”) |
| (3 sec) Cum se mănâncă aceasta? |
| (slow) Cum se mă-nân-că a-ceas-ta? |
| Cum se mănâncă aceasta? |
| "Is this food very heavy?" |
| (literally “ This food has a lot fat?”) |
| (3 sec) Această mâncare are multă grăsime? |
| (slow) A-ceas-tă mân-ca-re a-re mul-tă gră-si-me? |
| Această mâncare are multă grăsime? |
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