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| Michael: Top 25 Romanian Questions You Need to Know - Lesson 8: "Can you eat Romanian food?" 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 "Can you eat Romanian food?" In Romanian this is... |
| Larisa: Tu poți să mănânci mâncare românească? |
| 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 word in the question is |
| Larisa: poți |
| Michael: meaning "can" |
| Larisa: (Slow) poți |
| Michael: Now repeat. |
| Larisa: poți |
| {Pause} |
| Michael: Listen to the first two words of the question and repeat. |
| Larisa: tu poți |
| {Pause} |
| Michael: And after that is |
| Larisa: să mănânci |
| Michael: meaning "eat" |
| Larisa: (Slow) să mănânci |
| Michael: Now repeat. |
| Larisa: să mănânci |
| {Pause} |
| Michael: Listen to the first three words of the question and repeat. |
| Larisa: tu poți să mănânci |
| {Pause} |
| Michael: And after that |
| Larisa: mâncare |
| Michael: meaning "food" |
| Larisa: (Slow) mâncare |
| Michael: Now repeat. |
| Larisa: mâncare |
| {Pause} |
| Michael: Next is... |
| Larisa: românească |
| Michael: meaning "Romanian" |
| Larisa: (Slow) românească |
| Michael: Now repeat. |
| Larisa: românească |
| {Pause} |
| Michael: Listen to the entire question and repeat. |
| Larisa: Tu poți să mănânci mâncare românească? |
| {pause} |
| Michael: You will hear this common question again and again throughout your studies. Master the following pattern and responses to the question "Can you eat Romanian food?" |
| Larisa: Da, este bună. |
| Michael: "Yes, it's good." Listen as the phrase is repeated slowly. Repeat the phrase. |
| Larisa: (Slow) Da, este bună. |
| {pause} |
| Michael: Let's break it down from the beginning. The first word is... |
| Larisa: Da |
| Michael: meaning "yes" |
| Larisa: (Slow) Da |
| Michael: Now repeat. |
| Larisa: Da |
| {Pause} |
| Michael: Next is... |
| Larisa: este |
| Michael: meaning "is." |
| Larisa: (Slow) este |
| Michael: Now repeat. |
| Larisa: este |
| {Pause} |
| Michael: And last... |
| Larisa: bună |
| Michael: meaning "good" |
| Larisa: (Slow) bună |
| Michael: Now repeat. |
| Larisa: bună |
| {Pause} |
| Michael: Listen to the speaker say "Yes, it's good." and then repeat. |
| Larisa: Da, este bună. |
| {Pause} |
| Michael: To make a different answer, replace "good" with "pretty good." |
| Larisa: destul de bună |
| Michael: "pretty good" |
| Larisa: (slow) destul de bună (regular) destul de bună |
| Michael: Listen to the phrase again, this time with "pretty good." |
| Larisa: Da, este destul de bună. |
| Michael: It mostly stays the same, just replace "good" with "pretty good." Now say "Yes, it's pretty good." |
| {pause} |
| Larisa: Da, este destul de bună. |
| Michael: For more emphasis, replace "pretty good" with "delicious." |
| Larisa: delicioasă |
| Michael: "delicious" |
| Larisa: (slow) delicioasă (regular) delicioasă |
| Michael: Listen to the phrase again, this time with "delicious." |
| Larisa: Da, este delicioasă. |
| Michael: Again, it’s almost the same. Simply replace "pretty good" with "delicious." Now try. Say, "Yes, it's delicious." |
| {pause} |
| Larisa: Da, este delicioasă. |
| Michael: To expand on the pattern, replace "delicious" with "tasty." |
| Larisa: savuroasă |
| Michael: "tasty" |
| Larisa: (slow) savuroasă (regular) savuroasă |
| Michael: Listen to the phrase again, this time with "tasty." |
| Larisa: Da, este savuroasă. |
| Michael: It mostly stays the same. We just replace "delicious" with "tasty." Let’s practice. Say "Yes, it's tasty." |
| {pause} |
| Larisa: Da, este savuroasă. |
| Michael: To say "no" in a simple way, just say |
| Larisa: Nu, nu pot. |
| Michael: This is like saying "No, I can't" in English. Let's hear it slowly. |
| Larisa: (Slowly) Nu, nu pot. |
| Michael: And one more time at normal speed. |
| Larisa: Nu, nu pot. |
| Michael: Now it's time for a quiz. Imagine you're visiting Romania and someone asks you if you can eat Romanian food. You want to answer that yes, it’s good. What do you say? |
| Larisa: Tu poți să mănânci mâncare românească? (five seconds) Da, este bună. |
| Michael: Now you want to say that it's tasty. Respond to the question. |
| Larisa: Tu poți să mănânci mâncare românească? (five seconds) Da, este savuroasă. |
| Michael: Now, you want to say that it's delicious. Answer the speaker's question. |
| Larisa: Tu poți să mănânci mâncare românească? (five seconds) Da, este delicioasă. |
| Michael: Now, you want to say that it's pretty good. How would you answer? |
| Larisa: Tu poți să mănânci mâncare românească? (five seconds) Da, este destul de bună. |
| Michael: Now you want to ask someone if they can eat Romanian food. Ask the question. |
| (5 seconds) |
| Larisa: Tu poți să mănânci mâncare românească? |
| {pause} |
| Michael: Now it's time to give your own answer. |
| Larisa: Tu poți să mănânci mâncare românească? |
| {pause} |
| Michael: This is the end of Lesson 8. |
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