Learn the question How old are you in Romanian? and how to answer it
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| Michael: Top 25 Romanian Questions You Need to Know - Lesson 11: "How old are you?" 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 "How old are you?" In Romanian this is... |
| Larisa: Câți ani ai? |
| Michael: The first word in the question is... |
| Larisa: câți |
| Michael: meaning "how many" in English. |
| Larisa: (Slow) câți |
| Michael: Listen again and repeat. |
| Larisa: câți |
| {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: ani |
| Michael: meaning "years" |
| Larisa: (Slow) ani |
| Michael: Now repeat. |
| Larisa: ani |
| {Pause} |
| Michael: Listen to the first two words of the question and repeat. |
| Larisa: câți ani |
| {Pause} |
| Michael: Next is... |
| Larisa: ai |
| Michael: meaning "you have" |
| Larisa: (Slow) ai |
| Michael: Now repeat. |
| Larisa: ai |
| {Pause} |
| Michael: Listen to the entire question and repeat. |
| Larisa: Câți ani ai? |
| {pause} |
| Michael: You will hear this common question again and again throughout your studies. Master the following pattern and responses to the question "How old are you?" |
| Larisa: Am optsprezece ani. |
| Michael: "I'm eighteen years old." Listen again as the phrase is repeated slowly. Repeat the phrase. |
| Larisa: (Slow) Am optsprezece ani. |
| {pause} |
| Michael: Let's break it down from the beginning. The first word is... |
| Larisa: Am |
| Michael: meaning "I'm" |
| Larisa: (Slow) Am |
| Michael: Now repeat. |
| Larisa: Am |
| {Pause} |
| Michael: And next is... |
| Larisa: optsprezece |
| Michael: meaning "eighteen." |
| Larisa: (Slow) optsprezece |
| Michael: Now repeat. |
| Larisa: optsprezece |
| {Pause} |
| Michael: And last |
| Larisa: ani |
| Michael: meaning "years." |
| Larisa: (Slow) ani |
| Michael: Now repeat. |
| Larisa: ani |
| {Pause} |
| Michael: Listen to the speaker say "I'm eighteen years old." and then repeat. |
| Larisa: Am optsprezece ani. |
| {Pause} |
| Michael: For a different answer, replace "eighteen" with "thirty-five years old." |
| Larisa: treizeci și cinci |
| Michael: "thirty-five years old" |
| Larisa: (slow) treizeci și cinci (regular) treizeci și cinci |
| Michael: Listen to the phrase again, this time with "thirty-five years old." |
| Larisa: Am treizeci și cinci de ani. |
| Michael: It’s almost the same. Simply replace "eighteen" with "thirty-five years old." Now say, "I'm thirty-five years old." |
| {pause} |
| Larisa: Am treizeci și cinci de ani. |
| Michael: For more practice, replace "thirty-five years old" with "forty-one years old." |
| Larisa: patruzeci și unu |
| Michael: "forty-one years old" |
| Larisa: (slow) patruzeci și unu (regular) patruzeci și unu |
| Michael: Listen to the phrase again, this time with "forty-one years old." |
| Larisa: Am patruzeci și unu de ani. |
| Michael: Here we just replace "thirty-five years old" with "forty-one years old." Say, "I'm forty-one years old." |
| {pause} |
| Larisa: Am patruzeci și unu de ani. |
| Michael: Now let’s replace "forty-one years old" with "seventy-four years old." |
| Larisa: șaptezeci și patru |
| Michael: "seventy-four years old" |
| Larisa: (slow) șaptezeci și patru (regular) șaptezeci și patru |
| Michael: Listen to the phrase again, this time with "seventy-four years old." |
| Larisa: Am șaptezeci și patru de ani. |
| Michael: It mostly stays the same. Simply replace "forty-one years old" with "seventy-four years old." Say, "I'm seventy-four years old." |
| {pause} |
| Larisa: Am șaptezeci și patru de ani. |
| Michael: Now it's time for a quiz. Imagine you're visiting Romania and someone asks you how old you are. You’re eighteen. What do you say? |
| Larisa: Câți ani ai? (five seconds) Am optsprezece ani. |
| Michael: Imagine you're seventy-four years old. Respond to the question. |
| Larisa: Câți ani ai? (five seconds) Am șaptezeci și patru de ani. |
| Michael: Now imagine you’re forty-one years old. Answer the speaker's question. |
| Larisa: Câți ani ai? (five seconds) Am patruzeci și unu de ani. |
| Michael: Imagine you're thirty-five years old. How do you respond? |
| Larisa: Câți ani ai? (five seconds) Am treizeci și cinci de ani. |
| Michael: You want to ask someone how old they are. Ask the question. |
| (5 seconds) |
| Larisa: Câți ani ai? |
| {pause} |
| Michael: This is the end of Lesson 11. |
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