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| Michael: Top 25 Romanian Questions You Need to Know - Lesson 6: "How long have you been studying Romanian?" 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 long have you been studying Romanian?" In Romanian this is... |
| Larisa: Tu de cât timp studiezi limba română? |
| Michael: The first word of this question is... |
| Larisa: tu |
| Michael: meaning "you" in English. |
| Larisa: (Slow) tu |
| Michael: Listen again and repeat. |
| Larisa: tu |
| {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 phrase in the question is- |
| Larisa: de cât timp |
| Michael: meaning "how long" |
| Larisa: (Slow) de cât timp |
| Michael: Now repeat. |
| Larisa: de cât timp |
| {Pause} |
| Michael: Listen to the first four words of the question and repeat. |
| Larisa: tu de cât timp |
| {Pause} |
| Michael: Next is... |
| Larisa: studiezi |
| Michael: meaning "studying" |
| Larisa: (Slow) studiezi |
| Michael: Now repeat. |
| Larisa: studiezi |
| {Pause} |
| Michael: Listen to the first five words of the question and repeat. |
| Larisa: tu de cât timp studiezi |
| {pause} |
| Michael: And last is... |
| Larisa: limba română |
| Michael: meaning "Romanian language" |
| Larisa: (Slow) limba română |
| Michael: Now repeat. |
| Larisa: limba română |
| {pause} |
| Michael: Listen to the entire question and repeat. |
| Larisa: Tu de cât timp studiezi limba română? |
| {pause} |
| Michael: You'll hear this common question again and again throughout your studies. Master the following pattern and responses to the question "How long have you been studying Romanian?" |
| Larisa: De o lună. |
| Michael: "For one month." Again, slowly. Repeat the phrase. |
| Larisa: (Slow) De o lună. |
| {pause} |
| Michael: Let's break it down from the beginning. The first word is... |
| Larisa: De |
| Michael: meaning "for" |
| Larisa: (Slow) De |
| Michael: Now repeat. |
| Larisa: De |
| {Pause} |
| Michael: And next is... |
| Larisa: o lună |
| Michael: meaning "one month." |
| Larisa: (Slow) o lună |
| Michael: Now repeat. |
| Larisa: o lună |
| {Pause} |
| Michael: Listen to the speaker say "For one month." and then repeat. |
| Larisa: De o lună. |
| {Pause} |
| Michael: For more practice, let’s replace "one month" with "two years." |
| Larisa: doi ani |
| Michael: "two years" |
| Larisa: (slow) doi ani (regular) doi ani |
| Michael: Listen to the phrase again, this time with "two years." |
| Larisa: De doi ani. |
| Michael: It mostly stays the same, we just replace "one month" with "two years." Now say, "For two years." |
| {pause} |
| Larisa: De doi ani. |
| Michael: To make another phrase, replace "two years" with "five years." |
| Larisa: cinci ani |
| Michael: "five years" |
| Larisa: (slow) cinci ani (regular) cinci ani |
| Michael: Listen to the phrase again, this time with "five years." |
| Larisa: De cinci ani. |
| Michael: Again, we simply replace "two years" with "five years." Now say, "For five years." |
| {pause} |
| Larisa: De cinci ani. |
| Michael: Now let’s replace "five years" with "a couple of years." |
| Larisa: câțiva ani |
| Michael: "a couple of years" |
| Larisa: (slow) câțiva ani (regular) câțiva ani |
| Michael: Listen to the phrase again, this time with "a couple of years." |
| Larisa: De câțiva ani. |
| Michael: Again, it’s almost the same, we just replace "five years" with "a couple of years." Now say "For a couple of years." |
| {pause} |
| Larisa: De câțiva ani. |
| Michael: Now it's time for a quiz. Imagine you're visiting Romania and someone asks you how long you’ve been studying Romanian. You’ve been studying it for one month. How would you answer? |
| Larisa: Tu de cât timp studiezi limba română? (five seconds) De o lună. |
| Michael: Imagine you've been studying it for a couple of years. Respond to the question. |
| Larisa: Tu de cât timp studiezi limba română? (five seconds) De câțiva ani. |
| Michael: Imagine you've been studying it for five years. Answer the speaker's question. |
| Larisa: Tu de cât timp studiezi limba română? (five seconds) De cinci ani. |
| Michael: Imagine you've been studying it for two years. How would you answer? |
| Larisa: Tu de cât timp studiezi limba română? (five seconds) De doi ani. |
| Michael: Now you want to ask someone how long they’ve been studying Romanian. Ask them the question. |
| (5 seconds) |
| Larisa: Tu de cât timp studiezi limba română? |
| {pause} |
| Michael: This is the end of Lesson 6. |
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