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| Michael: Top 25 Romanian Questions You Need to Know - Lesson 14: "How tall 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 tall are you?" In Romanian, this is... |
| Larisa: Cât de înalt ești? |
| Michael: The first word in the question is... |
| Larisa: cât |
| Michael: meaning "how" in English. |
| Larisa: (Slow) cât |
| Michael: Listen again and repeat. |
| Larisa: cât |
| {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: de |
| Michael: meaning "of" |
| Larisa: (Slow) de |
| Michael: Now repeat. |
| Larisa: de |
| {Pause} |
| Michael: Listen to the first two words of the question and repeat. |
| Larisa: cât de |
| {Pause} |
| Michael: And after that |
| Larisa: înalt |
| Michael: meaning "are you" |
| Larisa: (Slow) înalt |
| Michael: Now repeat. |
| Larisa: înalt |
| {Pause} |
| Michael: Listen to the first three words of the question and repeat. |
| Larisa: cât de înalt |
| {Pause} |
| Michael: And next is... |
| Larisa: ești |
| Michael: meaning "are you" |
| Larisa: (Slow) ești |
| Michael: Now repeat. |
| Larisa: ești |
| {Pause} |
| Michael: Listen to the entire question and repeat. |
| Larisa: Cât de înalt ești? |
| {pause} |
| Michael: You will hear this common question again and again throughout your studies. Master the following pattern and responses to the question "How tall are you?" |
| Larisa: Eu am o sută optzeci de centimetri. |
| Michael: "I'm 180 cm tall." Listen as it’s repeated slowly. Repeat the phrase. |
| Larisa: (Slow) Eu am o sută optzeci de centimetri. |
| {pause} |
| Michael: Let's break it down from the beginning. The first word is... |
| Larisa: Eu |
| Michael: meaning "I" |
| Larisa: (Slow) Eu |
| Michael: Now repeat. |
| Larisa: Eu |
| {Pause} |
| Michael: And next is... |
| Larisa: am |
| Michael: meaning "I have." |
| Larisa: (Slow) am |
| Michael: Now repeat. |
| Larisa: am |
| {Pause} |
| Michael: Next is... |
| Larisa: o sută opt zeci |
| Michael: meaning "180." |
| Larisa: (Slow) o sută opt zeci |
| Michael: Now repeat. |
| Larisa: o sută opt zeci |
| {Pause} |
| Michael: And next... |
| Larisa: de |
| Michael: which is "of." |
| Larisa: (Slow) de |
| Michael: Now repeat. |
| Larisa: de |
| {Pause} |
| Michael: And after that is |
| Larisa: centimetri |
| Michael: which is "centimeters." |
| Larisa: (Slow) centimetri |
| Michael: Now repeat. |
| Larisa: centimetri |
| {Pause} |
| Michael: Listen to the speaker say "I'm 180 cm tall" and then repeat. |
| Larisa: Eu am o sută optzeci de centimetri. |
| {Pause} |
| Michael: To make another phrase, replace "180" with "167." |
| Larisa: o sută șaizeci și șapte |
| Michael: "167" |
| Larisa: (slow) o sută șaizeci și șapte (regular) o sută șaizeci și șapte |
| Michael: Listen to the phrase again, this time with "167." |
| Larisa: Eu am o sută șaizeci și șapte de centimetri. |
| Michael: It mostly stays the same, we just replaced "180" with "167." Now say, "I'm 167 cm tall." |
| {pause} |
| Larisa: Eu am o sută șaizeci și șapte de centimetri. |
| Michael: For more practice, replace "167" with "170." |
| Larisa: o sută șaptezeci |
| Michael: "170" |
| Larisa: (slow) o sută șaptezeci (regular) o sută șaptezeci |
| Michael: Listen to the phrase again, this time with "170." |
| Larisa: Eu am o sută șaptezeci de centimetri. |
| Michael: It’s almost the same, we just replaced "167" with "170." Now say, "I'm 170 cm tall." |
| {pause} |
| Larisa: Eu am o sută șaptezeci de centimetri. |
| Michael: For a different answer, replace "170" with "163.5." |
| Larisa: o sută șaizeci și trei virgulă cinci |
| Michael: "163.5" |
| Larisa: (slow) o sută șaizeci și trei virgulă cinci (regular) o sută șaizeci și trei virgulă cinci |
| Michael: Listen to the phrase again, this time with "163.5." |
| Larisa: Eu am o sută șaizeci și trei virgulă cinci centimetri. |
| Michael: Here we just replace "170" with "163.5." Let’s practice. Say "I'm 163.5 cm tall." |
| {pause} |
| Larisa: Eu am o sută șaizeci și trei virgulă cinci centimetri. |
| Michael: Now it's time for a quiz. Imagine you're visiting Romania and someone asks you how tall you are. You’re 180 centimeters. What do you say? |
| Larisa: Cât de înalt ești? (five seconds) Eu am o sută optzeci de centimetri. |
| Michael: Imagine you’re 163.5 centimeters. Respond to the question. |
| Larisa: Cât de înalt ești? (five seconds) Eu am o sută șaizeci și trei virgulă cinci centimetri. |
| Michael: Now imagine you’re 170 centimeters. Answer the speaker's question. |
| Larisa: Cât de înalt ești? (five seconds) Eu am o sută șaptezeci de centimetri. |
| Michael: Imagine you're 167 centimeters. How would you answer? |
| Larisa: Cât de înalt ești? (five seconds) Eu am o sută șaizeci și șapte de centimetri. |
| Michael: Now you want to ask that person how tall they are. Ask the question. |
| (5 seconds) |
| Larisa: Cât de înalt ești? |
| {pause} |
| Michael: This is the end of Lesson 14. |
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