Romanian- Erasmusian Dictionary

Short Dictionary of Idiomatic Romanian

Romanian is closer to classical Latin than it is to other Romance languages, and the grammatical structure and basic word stock of the mother tongue are well preserved. Speakers of French, Italian and Spanish won't be able to understand much spoken Romanian but will find written Romanian more or less comprehensible. Romanian is spelt phonetically, with one exception, the sound noted by the characters â (used inside the words) and î (used at the beginning or the end). So once you learn a few simple rules you should have no trouble with pronunciation.

Specific Sounds and Characters
Ă, ă: like in to err
Î, î, â: dark posterior vowel, no English equivalent
J, j: like in French garage
Ş, ş: sh
Ţ, ţ: ts
Ce, ci: ch
Ge, gi: dj
Che, chi: like in Italian perche, chiaro
Ghe, ghi: like in Italian ghetto, funghi
All the other sounds and characters are more or less like in Italian.

Survival Romanian
Greeting formulas
Hello! Hi! = Salut!
Good day! Good afternoon! = Bună ziua!
Good evening! = Bună seara!
Good night! = Noapte bună!
Good bye! So long! = La revedere!

Politeness formulas
Please = Vă rog
Thank you = Mulţumesc
Thank you very much = Mulţumesc foarte mult
Excuse me = Scuzaţi-mă
Welcome = Cu plăcere

Time and date
What time is it? = Cât e ceasul?
A quarter past (seven) = (Şapte) şi un sfert
Half past (eight) = (Opt) şi jumătate
A quarter to (ten) = (Zece) fără un sfert
Twenty past (four) = (Patru) şi douăzeci
Twenty to (six) = (Şase) fără douăzeci
Monday = luni
Tuesday = marţi
Wednesday = miercuri
Thursday = joi
Friday = vineri
Saturday = sâmbătă
Sunday = duminică
Today = azi, astăzi
Yesterday = ieri
Tomorrow = mâine

Useful phrases
I don’t understand. = Nu înţeleg.
I don’t speak Romanian. = Nu vorbesc româneşte.
Do you speak English? = Vorbiţi engleză?
What is your name? = Cum vă numiţi?
How do you do, Nice to meet you = Mă bucur să vă cunosc.
How are you? = Ce mai faceţi?
I’m fine. = Bine.
I’m not so good. = Nu prea bine.
So and so. = Aşa şi aşa.

Shopping
How much does it cost? = Cât costă?
I would like to try it. = Aş vrea să probez.
I’ll buy it. = Îl cumpăr.
Do you accept credit cards? = Acceptaţi cărţi de credit?
Open = Deschis
Closed = Închis

Directions
Left = Stânga
Right = Dreapta
Straight = Drept [înainte]
Up = Sus
Down = Jos
Far = Departe
Near = Aproape
Map = Hartă
I’m lost. = M-am rătăcit.
I am looking for the University of Bucharest. = Caut Universitatea din Bucureşti.
Where is Intercontinental Hotel? = Unde este Hotelul Intercontinental?

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