Romanian Language

1. Romanian Language
Romanian (limba română) is the official language of Romania. The name Romania, and its
derivatives, come from the Latin word 'Romanus', a legacy of Roman rulers who took control
of ancient Dacia in 106 A.D. Romanian retains a number of features of old Latin and also
contains many words taken from the surrounding Slavic languages, as well as from French,
Old Church Slavonic, German, Greek and Turkish.
Romanian is actually easier for English speakers to understand than it is assumed. If you’ve
studied other Romance language, such as Italian, Spanish, French or Portuguese, you may feel
at home sooner than you think. Romanian is a phonetic language, so words are pronounced as
they are spelled.
Romanian alphabet
Aa Ăă Ââ Bb Cc Dd Ee Ff Gg Hh Ii
a
ă
â
be
ce
de
e
ef
ge
has
i
Îî
î
Jj Kk
jî
ca
Ll Mm Nn Oo Pp Rr Ss Șș Tt Țț Uu Vv Xx Zz
el
em
en
o
pe
er
es
șî
te
țî
u
ve
ics
Q (chiu), W (dublu ve) and Y (i grec) are also used, but mainly in foreign loanwords.
DAYS OF THE WEEK
ZILELE SĂPTĂMÂNII
PRONUNCIATION
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
Saturday
Sunday
luni
marţi
miercuri
joi
vineri
sâmbătă
duminică
loon'
marts'
myer-koor'
zho'
vi-ner'
sîm-buh-tuh
doo-mi-ni-kuh
MONTHS OF THE YEAR
LUNILE ANULUI
PRONUNCIATION
January
ianuarie
ya-nwa-rye
February
februarie
fe-brwa-rye
March
martie
mar-tye
April
aprilie
a-pri-lye
May
mai
may
zet

2. June
iunie
yu-ny
July
iulie
yu-lye
August
august
augoost
September
septembrie
sep-tem-brye
October
octombrie
ok-tom-brye
November
noiembrie
no-yem-bry
December
decembrie
de-chem-brye
Here are some useful expressions
ENGLISH
ROMÂNĂ
PRONUNCIATION
Salutations
Formule de salut
Good morning.
Bună dimineaţa.
Boo-nuh di-mi-na-tsa
Hello/Good day.
Bună ziua.
Boo-nuh zee-wa.
Good evening.
Bună seara.
Boo-nuh sea-ra.
Good-bye.
La revedere.
La rev-eh-de-ray
Good night.
Noapte bună.
Nwap-te boo-nuh
My name is . . .
Numele meu este …
Noo-me-le meu yes-te ...
What is your name?
Cum vă numiţi?
Koom vuh noo-mits?
How are you?
Ce mai faceţi?
Che may fa-chets
I’m fine, thanks.
Bine, mulţumesc.
Bee-nay, mool-tsoo-mesk
Do you speak English?
. . . Romanian?
Vorbiţi englezeşte?
. . . româneşte?
Vor-bits en-gle-zesh-te
. . . ro-mi-nesh-te
Yes, a little.
No.
Da, puţin.
Nu.
Da, poo-tsin.
Noo.
Please speak slowly.
Vă rog, vorbiţi mai rar.
Vuh rog, vor-bits may rar
How do you say . . . ?
Cum se spune . . . ?
Koom se spoo-ne . . . ?
Do you understand?
Înţelegeţi?
In-tse-le-jets
I don’t understand.
Nu înţeleg.
Noo in-tse-leg

3. Please repeat it.
Vă rog, repetaţi.
Vuh rog, re-pe-tats
I’m sorry.
Îmi pare rău.
Im pa-re rau
Where are you staying?
Unde staţi?
Oon-de stats?
I’m at the … hotel.
Stau la Hotelul …
Stau la ho-te-lool …
Good / Very good.
Bine / Foarte bine.
Boon / Fwar-tay boo-na
Maybe.
Poate.
Pwa-te
Certainly.
Sigur.
Si-goor
May I ?
Se poate?
Se pwa-te?
Thank you.
Mulţumesc.
Mool-tsoo-mesk
You’re welcome
Cu plăcere
Koo pluh-che-re
I don’t know.
Nu ştiu.
Noo shtee-u
I would like...
Aş vrea...
Osh vray-a
...and / or......
şi / sau...
shee / sow
I have / We have
Am / Avem...
Ahm / Ah-vum
What are you doing?
Ce faceţi?
Che fa-chets
I beg your pardon?
Poftiţi?
Pof-tits
Excuse me...
Scuzaţi-mă. . .
Skoo-za-tsi ma
Here...
Aici...
Ah-eech…
There...
Acolo...
Ah-ko-lo
Toward...
Spre...
Spreh…
Online Romanian dictionaries
http://www.dictionar.us/roman-englez/
http://www.dictionar.us/englez-roman/