Learn the question What is your name? in Romanian and how to answer it
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| Michael: Top 25 Romanian Questions You Need to Know - Lesson 1: "What is your name?" in Romanian. In each lesson of this 25 part series, you'll master a common question for Romanian learners, and then learn how to answer like a native speaker. You'll learn how these key phrases work by breaking them down into each component. Then, through repetition and new vocabulary, you'll expand your understanding of the question, its answers, and any variations. |
| In this lesson, you'll learn how to respond to the common question "What’s your name?" In Romanian this is... |
| Larisa: Care este numele tău? |
| Michael: The first word of the question is... |
| Larisa: care |
| Michael: meaning "what" in English. |
| Larisa: (Slow) care |
| Michael: Listen again and repeat. |
| Larisa: care |
| {Pause} |
| Michael: This pattern of first introducing a word at natural speed, providing the translation, breaking it down, and then giving it again at natural speed will be repeated throughout the series. Try to speak aloud as often as possible. The next word in the question is- |
| Larisa: este |
| Michael: meaning "is" |
| Larisa: (Slow) este |
| Michael: Now repeat. |
| Larisa: este |
| {Pause} |
| Michael: Listen to the first two words of the question and repeat. |
| Larisa: care este |
| {Pause} |
| Michael: Next is... |
| Larisa: numele |
| Michael: meaning "name" |
| Larisa: (Slow) numele |
| Michael: Now repeat. |
| Larisa: numele |
| {Pause} |
| Michael: And last is... |
| Larisa: tău |
| Michael: meaning "your" |
| Larisa: (Slow) tău |
| Michael: Now repeat. |
| Larisa: tău |
| {Pause} |
| Michael: Listen to the entire question and repeat. |
| Larisa: Care este numele tău? |
| {pause} |
| Michael: You'll hear this common question again and again throughout your studies. Master the following pattern; and responses to the question "What’s your name?" |
| Larisa: Numele meu este Anna. |
| Michael: "My name is Anna." Listen again as you hear the phrase slowly. Repeat the phrase. |
| Larisa: (Slow) Numele meu este Anna. |
| {pause} |
| Michael: Let's break it down from the beginning. The first word is... |
| Larisa: Numele |
| Michael: meaning "name." |
| Larisa: (Slow) Numele |
| Michael: Now repeat. |
| Larisa: Numele |
| {Pause} |
| Michael: Next is... |
| Larisa: meu |
| Michael: meaning "my." |
| Larisa: (Slow) meu |
| Michael: Now repeat. |
| Larisa: meu |
| {Pause} |
| Michael: Next is... |
| Larisa: este |
| Michael: meaning "is." |
| Larisa: (Slow) este |
| Michael: Now repeat. |
| Larisa: este |
| {Pause} |
| Michael: And last is... |
| Larisa: Anna |
| Michael: which is the name "Anna." |
| Larisa: (Slow) Anna |
| Michael: Now repeat. |
| Larisa: Anna |
| {Pause} |
| Michael: Listen to the speaker say "My name is Anna." and then repeat. |
| Larisa: Numele meu este Anna. |
| {Pause} |
| Michael: To expand on the pattern, let’s replace "Anna" with "Oscar." |
| Larisa: Oscar |
| Michael: "Oscar" |
| Larisa: (slow) Oscar (regular) Oscar |
| Michael: Listen to the phrase again, this time with "Oscar." |
| Larisa: Numele meu este Oscar. |
| Michael: You’ll see that it’s almost the same. Simply replace "Anna" with "Oscar." Now say, "My name is Oscar." |
| {pause} |
| Larisa: Numele meu este Oscar. |
| Michael: Let’s try another. This time we’ll replace "Oscar" with "Marie." |
| Larisa: Maria |
| Michael: "Marie" |
| Larisa: (slow) Maria (regular) Maria |
| Michael: Listen to the phrase again, this time with "Marie." |
| Larisa: Numele meu este Maria. |
| Michael: Again, it mostly stays the same. Simply replace the name "Oscar" with "Marie." Now say, "My name is Marie." |
| {pause} |
| Larisa: Numele meu este Maria. |
| Michael: For more practice, replace "Marie" with "Peter." |
| Larisa: Petre |
| Michael: "Peter" |
| Larisa: (slow) Petre (regular) Petre |
| Michael: Listen to the phrase again, this time with "Peter." |
| Larisa: Numele meu este Petre. |
| Michael: Again, all you have to do is replace the name. Now try saying "My name is Peter." |
| {pause} |
| Larisa: Numele meu este Petre. |
| Michael: Now it's time for a quiz. Imagine you're visiting Romania and someone asks you your name. Your name is Anna. How will you answer? |
| Larisa: Care este numele tău? (five seconds) Numele meu este Anna. |
| Michael: Now imagine your name is Peter. Respond to the question. |
| Larisa: Care este numele tău? (five seconds) Numele meu este Petre. |
| Michael: Imagine your name is Marie. Answer the speaker's question. |
| Larisa: Care este numele tău? (five seconds) Numele meu este Maria. |
| Michael: Imagine your name is Oscar. How will you respond? |
| Larisa: Care este numele tău? (five seconds) Numele meu este Oscar. |
| Michael: Now imagine you want to learn that person's name. Ask them the question. |
| (5 seconds) |
| Larisa: Care este numele tău? |
| {pause} |
| Michael: Now it's time to answer the question with your own name. Be sure to practice out loud! |
| Larisa: Care este numele tău? |
| {pause} |
| Michael: This is the end of Lesson 1. |
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