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| Michael: Top 25 Romanian Questions You Need to Know - Lesson 7: "Where did you learn 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 "Where did you learn Romanian?" |
| In Romanian this is... |
| Larisa: Tu de unde ai învățat limba română? |
| Michael: The first word in the 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 unde |
| Michael: meaning "where" |
| Larisa: (Slow) de unde |
| Michael: Now repeat. |
| Larisa: de unde |
| {Pause} |
| Michael: Listen to the first three words of the question and repeat. |
| Larisa: tu de unde |
| {Pause} |
| Michael: And next is... |
| Larisa: ai |
| Michael: meaning "did" |
| Larisa: (Slow) ai |
| Michael: Now repeat. |
| Larisa: ai |
| {Pause} |
| Michael: And next is... |
| Larisa: învățat |
| Michael: meaning "learned" |
| Larisa: (Slow) învățat |
| Michael: Now repeat. |
| Larisa: învățat |
| {Pause} |
| Michael: And next is... |
| Larisa: limba română |
| {Pause} |
| 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 unde ai învățat limba română? |
| {pause} |
| Michael: You will hear this common question again and again throughout your studies. Master the following pattern and responses to the question "Where did you learn Romanian?" |
| Larisa: Am învățat-o în liceu. |
| Michael: "I learned it in high school." Listen as we say it again, slowly. Repeat the phrase. |
| Larisa: (Slow) Am învățat-o în liceu. |
| {pause} |
| Michael: Let's break it down from the beginning. The first word is... |
| Larisa: Am |
| Michael: meaning "I have" |
| Larisa: (Slow) Am |
| Michael: Now repeat. |
| Larisa: Am |
| {Pause} |
| Michael: And next is... |
| Larisa: învățat |
| Michael: meaning "learned" |
| Larisa: (Slow) învățat |
| Michael: Now repeat. |
| Larisa: învățat |
| {Pause} |
| Michael: Next is the suffix... |
| Larisa: -o |
| Michael: meaning "it." |
| Larisa: (Slow) -o |
| Michael: Now repeat. |
| Larisa: -o |
| {Pause} |
| Michael: And next is... |
| Larisa: în liceu |
| Michael: which is "in high school" |
| Larisa: (Slow) în liceu |
| Michael: Now repeat. |
| Larisa: în liceu |
| {Pause} |
| Michael: Listen to the speaker say "I learned it in high school." and then repeat. |
| Larisa: Am învățat-o în liceu. |
| {Pause} |
| Michael: To expand on the pattern, let's replace "in high school" with "at home." |
| Larisa: acasă |
| Michael: "at home" |
| Larisa: (slow) acasă (regular) acasă |
| Michael: Listen to the phrase again, this time with "at home." |
| Larisa: Am învățat-o acasă. |
| Michael: It mostly stays the same, just replace "in high school" with "at home." Now say "I learned it at home." |
| {pause} |
| Larisa: Am învățat-o acasă. |
| Michael: For more practice, replace "at home" with "at school." |
| Larisa: la școală |
| Michael: "at school" |
| Larisa: (slow) la școală (regular) la școală |
| Michael: Listen to the phrase again, this time with "at school." |
| Larisa: Am învățat-o la școală. |
| Michael: It’s almost the same, just replace "at home" with "at school." Now say, "I learned it at school." |
| {pause} |
| Larisa: Am învățat-o la școală. |
| Michael: To expand on the pattern, replace "at school" with "while I was living in Bucharest." |
| Larisa: în perioada când am locuit în București |
| Michael: "while I was living in Bucharest" |
| Larisa: (slow) în perioada când am locuit în București (regular) în perioada când am locuit în București |
| Michael: Listen to the phrase again, this time with "while I was living in Bucharest." |
| Larisa: Am învățat-o în perioada când am locuit în București. |
| Michael: Again, just replace "at school" with "while I was living in Bucharest." Now try. Say "I learned it while I was living in Bucharest." |
| {pause} |
| Larisa: Am învățat-o în perioada când am locuit în București. |
| Michael: Now it's time for a quiz. Imagine you're visiting Romania and someone asks you where you learned Romanian. You learned Romanian in high school. How will you answer? |
| Larisa: Tu de unde ai învățat limba română? (five seconds) Am învățat-o în liceu. |
| Michael: Now, imagine you learned while you were living in Bucharest. Respond to the question. |
| Larisa: Tu de unde ai învățat limba română? (five seconds) Am învățat-o în perioada când am locuit în București. |
| Michael: Imagine you learned at school. Answer the speaker's question. |
| Larisa: Tu de unde ai învățat limba română? (five seconds) Am învățat-o la școală. |
| Michael: Imagine you learned at home. How will you respond? |
| Larisa: Tu de unde ai învățat limba română? (five seconds) Am învățat-o acasă. |
| Michael: Now you want to ask someone where they learned Romanian. Ask the question. |
| (5 seconds) |
| Larisa: Tu de unde ai învățat limba română? |
| {pause} |
| Michael: This is the end of Lesson 7. |
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