Hi there ! This blog is about helping you learning Romanian language. Now if I would be the reader of this blog, first thing would come into my mind is that there is so much stuff on internet related to this language then why would I stay and loose time here. So I am gonna give you reasons why this blog is different than anything else you can possibly find on internet related to Romanian language .
This blog is written after searching and observing all
possible content on internet related to Romanian language. That means, I am
gonna present here things in way which will really help you to get better in
understanding and speaking this language real fast. With time we will mention
why my technique of learning language is way different than others and that’s
what makes it fast.
Now what I found out and saw being in Romania is that every
foreigner took from 3 to 10 years to get fluent in this beautiful language. But
what if I tell you that I can make you able to speak and understand this
language up till 80% in just 3 months?
No, I am not kidding. Believe me, consider this your first
day and it will just take 2 months and 29 days more until you start to
communicate with a native Romanian without letting him know that you are not
from Romania except your physical appearance of course :) .
Now last but not the least, I, myself, have learned this
language in 6 months and believe me, I am not a nerd :) . Now I took double time because I didn’t have
proper content in proper sequence but with the proper guidance I provide here,
same work can be done in 3 months.
So what you say? Are you ready to take this chance? Anyway
all it would take is to just get in touch with this blog. Not very hard I guess :) . Now, I am sure many of you would think that
its just a trick to make you visit my blog frequently. Well believe me, its
totally up to your own interest. You can either close this blog right now or
can give it a chance.
Its just a help for you, I hope you would take it instead of
increasing your labour and tension to learn this language on your own.
Well Well Well, enough about this blog, Now lets get started
for sake of those who decided to stay.
I am pretty sure that if you are reading this blog, you are
highly desperate to learn this language for some reason and some of you also
started already. So it might be possible that what I am gonna say here today,
some of you are already familiar with, but please don’t get disappointed or
demoralized because the only key to learn language faster is to keep your
patience.
So, those who already have started learning this language from somewhere else can go to Summary section in last to make their first part fast. I also gave a link in beginning : Summary-Part 1 for same purpose . Beginners, please keep reading.
Now, today I am gonna tell you things or better to say
expressions which you need as soon as you even think to start a communication
with any Romanian. Now for starter I am gonna focus only on 1st
person and 2nd person.
Now what the hack is that 1st persona and 2nd
person :) . I hate when someone talks in nerdy language.
So let’s take things in simple way. What all I am saying is that we are going
to learn expressions which will be useful when you will speak for yourself or
for the person you would be talking with. For example if you say :
I am so
mad at you.
I hope you are not :) .
Anyway so in above sentence I is 1st
person and you is 2nd
person.
Making things more clear, I am gonna explain things here
like I wanna talk with you in Romanian. Now Romanian language has this
extraordinary aspect which we don’t get in English. They have different
pronouns, different addressing and different expressions related to whom you
are talking with. If you are talking with someone who is formal to you or way
too respected then you use formal aspect of language otherwise informal.
For example, you use tu
for informal and dumnevoastră for
formal, for saying you. Strange right
? :) I also thought same at first but you will get
used to these, I promise.
Now it’s time to mention why this blog is different than any
other. I am gonna first explain things taking you as my friend. That means I
will start with informal aspects of language. After all first you need to learn
how to communicate with your friends than any other :) . Here
things are different because all of the blogs or contents over internet involve
you in both of the aspects and teach you thinsg for every person from very
beginning. And result of that, you don’t even notice when things got so messy
and you mixed up everything you learned so far.
Now when you know that we are gonna start with the informal expressions
and for 1st and 2nd persons, Lets START !!!
First expression is to greet someone. Now Let’s imagine you
just meet some of your friend. What are you gonna say if he only understands
Romanian. Answer is Buna or Salut. Now there are many different
opinions related to these greetings but what I encountered mostly is that if
you are gonna talk with a friend who is girl then you say Buna and when you talk with a friend who is guy then you say Salut.
So here is the start, now after greetings, what we usually
ask is : How are you ? In romanian we
say : Ce Faci? Now let’s say I met you then I will say :
Buna, Ce faci ? (if you are girl)
Salut, Ce faci ? (if you are guy)
Now there are pronunciation difference between Romanian and
English which I will explain time to time. So for above expressions, we need to
learn four differences in pronunciation:
In Romanian : Ce = In English : Che in chest
In Romanian : Ci = In English : Chi in chicken
In Romanian : a =
In English : a in march
In Romanian : f =
In English : f in far
There are five special alphabets in Romanian which we dot
use in English but we will come to that in time. So now you know how to speak expressions
I mentioned earlier. Now when I say those expressions after meeting you, what
would you answer?
Basically in English we can think of six answers :
1.
I am good. ( sunt bine)
2.
I am very good. ( sunt foarte bine)
3.
I am Ok type. (sunt aşa
şi-aşa)
4.
I am not very good.( Nu sunt prea bine)
5.
I am bad.( Sunt rău)
6.
I am very bad.( Sunt foarte rău)
Now we have to learn few more things here for these answers.
Pronunciations of used alphabets above are :
In Romanian : s =
In English : s in suit
In Romanian : u =
In English : u in suit
In Romanian : n =
In English : n in nest
In Romanian : t =
In English : t in test
In Romanian : b =
In English : b in book
In Romanian : i =
In English : e in east
In Romanian : e =
In English : a in case
In Romanian : o =
In English : o in corpse
In Romanian : r =
In English : r in rat
In Romanian : p =
In English : p in palm
Now few of you might think that
many alphabets like s, u ,n, t etc. are behaving same as in English then why I
mentioned them. Here is answer of your curiosity –
Try to speak : SUN in English and then in Romanian (using
the pronunciation I explained above)
I hope now you got why its necessary that you learn those
pronunciation for Romanian alphabets and remember it like your own name :P
Now the special character I used :
In Romanian : Ş =
In English : sh in brush
In Romanian : ă =
In English : u in return
So I guess, now you are able to give me response in Romanian
. Lets see our conversation once more and please try to practice it by speaking
it out loud.
Me : Salut/Buna. Ce faci?
You : Salut. Sunt bine/ sunt foarte bine/ sunt aşa şi-aşa/ Nu
sunt prea bine/ Sunt rău/ Sunt foarte rău
Yup you got it :) I am a
guy :P ( as you used salut for me :) )
Now one more small thing, “aşa şi-aşa” – this expression is
used a lot by Romanian and they frequently speak it like : aşaşaşa
So try to speak it same as any native Romanian :) . Now
you might be thinking why I used “-“ in “aşa şi-aşa”, well this dash (-) is
called : cratima in Romanian and DON’T MIND IT. I will come to
it later, just so that you know the correct form of writing : aşa şi-aşa, I used
that. Now we have few more alphabets to clear pronunciation so let’s do it.
In Romanian : c =
In English : c in cold
In Romanian : m =
In English : m in mount
So done for today, I guess your mind is overflowing with
many new facts you discover today about this sweet language :) .
Those who already are familiar with these terms, I again ask them to have
patience. Believe me, you won’t regret it after 3 months.
Lets have a revision of what we learned so far :
Expression
|
Meaning
|
Buna
|
Hello for girl
|
Salut
|
Hello for guy
|
Ce faci?
|
How are
you ?
|
Sunt bine
|
I am
good.
|
Sunt foarte bine
|
I am
very good.
|
Sunt aşa şi-aşa
|
I am OK
type.
|
Nu sunt prea bine
|
I am not
very good.
|
Sunt rău
|
I am
bad.
|
Sunt foarte rău.
|
I am
very bad.
|
Alphabet
|
Pronunciation
|
a
|
a in March
|
ă (special character)
|
u in return
|
b
|
b in book
|
c
|
c in cold
|
e
|
a in case
|
f
|
f in far
|
i
|
e in east
|
m
|
m in mount
|
n
|
n in nest
|
o
|
o in corpse
|
p
|
p in palm
|
r
|
r in rat
|
s
|
s in suit
|
Ş (special character)
|
sh in brush
|
t
|
t in test
|
u
|
u in suit
|
Ce (special combination)
|
che in chest
|
Ci (specialcombination)
|
chi in chicken
|
Note : Romanian alphabets NEVER changes their pronunciation like in English. So once you learn their pronunciation, you never gonna have problem in pronunciating any word in Romanian.
For today, its enough, keep practicing of expression what I explained
with right pronunciation. You can use Google Translate for hearing those expressions.
Your homework is to say those expressions to as many persons
as you can :) so that you may
practice them well and spell one more word : Română, this is how you call
Romanian language in Romanian :) and now on I am gonna call it same as its
short and easy :P .
In next post, I will take you a little higher level than
this.
Until then feel proud that you started learning and enjoy Română.
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