Learn the question How do you feel? and how to answer it
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| Michael: Top 25 Romanian Questions You Need to Know - Lesson 19: "How do you feel?" 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 do you feel?" In Romanian, this is... |
| Larisa: Cum te simți? |
| Michael: The first word in the question is... |
| Larisa: cum |
| Michael: meaning "how" in English. |
| Larisa: (Slow) cum |
| Michael: Listen again and repeat. |
| Larisa: cum |
| {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: te |
| Michael: meaning "yourself" |
| Larisa: (Slow) te |
| Michael: Now repeat. |
| Larisa: te |
| {Pause} |
| Michael: Listen to the first two words of the question and repeat. |
| Larisa: cum te |
| {Pause} |
| Michael: And next is... |
| Larisa: simți |
| Michael: meaning "feel" |
| Larisa: (Slow) simți |
| Michael: Now repeat. |
| Larisa: simți |
| {Pause} |
| Michael: Listen to the entire question and repeat. |
| Larisa: Cum te simți? |
| {pause} |
| Michael: You will hear this common question again and again throughout your studies. Master the following pattern and responses to the question "How do you feel?" |
| Larisa: Sunt obosită. |
| Michael: "I'm tired." You’ll hear it again, slowly. Repeat the phrase. |
| Larisa: (Slow) Sunt obosită. |
| {pause} |
| Michael: Let's break it down from the beginning. The first word is... |
| Larisa: Sunt |
| Michael: meaning "I'm" |
| Larisa: (Slow) Sunt |
| Michael: Now repeat. |
| Larisa: Sunt |
| {Pause} |
| Michael: And after that is... |
| Larisa: obosită |
| Michael: meaning "tired." |
| Larisa: (Slow) obosită |
| Michael: Now repeat. |
| Larisa: obosită |
| {Pause} |
| Michael: Listen to the speaker say "I'm tired." and then repeat. |
| Larisa: Sunt obosită. |
| {Pause} |
| Michael: To use a different phrase, replace "tired " with "sick." |
| Larisa: bolnavă |
| Michael: "sick" |
| Larisa: (slow) bolnavă (regular) bolnavă |
| Michael: Listen to the phrase again, this time with "sick." |
| Larisa: Sunt bolnavă. |
| Michael: It mostly stays the same, just replace "tired " with "sick" Now say, "I'm sick." |
| {pause} |
| Larisa: Sunt bolnavă. |
| Michael: To give a different answer, replace "sick" with "angry." |
| Larisa: nervoasă |
| Michael: "angry" |
| Larisa: (slow) nervoasă (regular) nervoasă |
| Michael: Listen to the phrase again, this time with "angry." |
| Larisa: Sunt nervoasă. |
| Michael: It’s almost the same, just replace "sick" with "angry." Now say, "I'm angry." |
| {pause} |
| Larisa: Sunt nervoasă. |
| Michael: For more practice, replace "angry" with "alright." |
| Larisa: în regulă |
| Michael: "alright" |
| Larisa: (slow) în regulă (regular) în regulă |
| Michael: Listen to the phrase again, this time with "alright." |
| Larisa: Sunt în regulă. |
| Michael: Here we just replace "angry" with "alright." Now say "I'm alright." |
| {pause} |
| Larisa: Sunt în regulă. |
| Michael: Now it's time for a quiz. Imagine you're visiting Romania and someone asks you how you feel. You want to answer that you’re tired. What would you say? |
| Larisa: Cum te simți? (five seconds) Sunt obosită. |
| Michael: Now you want to say you’re alright. Respond to the question. |
| Larisa: Cum te simți? (five seconds) Sunt în regulă. |
| Michael: You want to say you’re angry. Answer the speaker's question. |
| Larisa: Cum te simți? (five seconds) Sunt nervoasă. |
| Michael: Imagine you're sick. What do you say? |
| Larisa: Cum te simți? (five seconds) Sunt bolnavă. |
| Michael: Now you want to ask someone how they feel. Ask the question. |
| (5 seconds) |
| Larisa: Cum te simți? |
| {pause} |
| Michael: This is the end of Lesson 19. |
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