Learning Romanian language

[DeBaires]

Oh yay, I was right lol.

Another question: what is the infinitive form of the verb "iei"/"ia" & all that stuff?

At first I got it confused with "iesi" & I can't find it anywhere!

& what's the infinitive for "ţin"?

Ajutaţi-mă!

[dya]

Buna dimineata

1. a lua- to take
Present Tense
Eu iau
Tu iei
El/ea ia
Noi luăm
Voi luați
Ei/Ele iau

Past Tense
Eu am luat
Tu ai luat
El/ea a luat
Noi am luat
Voi ați luat
Ei/ele au luat

Imperative
Ia! (pers. II sg)
Luați! (pers. II pl)

2. a ține- to hold
Present Tense
Eu țin
Tu ții
El/ea ține
Noi ținem
Voi țineți
Ei/ele țin

Past Tense
Eu am ținut
Tu ai ținut
El/ea a ținut
Noi am ținut
Voi ați ținut
Ei/ele au ținut

Imperative
Ține! (pers. II sg)
Țineți! (pers II pl)

[DeBaires]

Oh awesome, thanks!

[apiland]

My BF was trying to say something about how my son looked. He said he was "un copil riusit." Does that sound anything remotely like something anyone out there might be able to translate? He's usually very good about translating for me.

[dya]

Hi

He said un copil reușit which is something we usually say about a child who has the looks, the brains, the personality, etc.

Also it can be used only reffering to looks. Instead of saying a beautiful child-un copil frumos, we say -un copil reușit.

Anyway, it was a compliment He said something nice

[apiland]

Multumesc, Dya! I knew it was something nice because my BF is such a nice man, but he was at a loss on how to translate.

Dya, I have been reading this blog for some time, and I see that you are always helpful. I also see that you are in Romania. Where in Romania are you? What do you do for a living? Do you teach? Are you a writer or a translator? Have you ever been to the United States?

Multumesc, again. I appreciate your help.

[dya]

Cu placere! I'm glad I was able to help

And thank you for your nice words

Now to answer your questions, in order
Bucharest.
Teacher. English teacher. (That sounded like Bond. James Bond. LOL)
No, never been to US.

[DeBaires]

Can someone please translate these tenses for "to love"/"a iubi" so that I can see what their English equivalents are?

Mersi mult!!!


Present
eu iubesc

Past (perfect compus)
eu am iubit

Imperfect
eu iubeam

Past Perfect
eu iubisem

Future I
eu voi iubi

Future II
eu voi fi iubit

Future I (popular)
o să iubesc (eu)

Future II (popular)
am să fi iubit (eu)

Future III (popular)
oi iubi (eu)

Subjunctive Present
iubesc (eu)

Subjunctive Past (perfect compus)
fi iubit (eu)

Present
eu aş iubi

Conditional Perfect
eu aş fi iubit

[dya]

Well, Good Morning now that I'm preparing to go to sleep ! LOL

Let's see:

Present
eu iubesc-- I love

Past (perfect compus)
eu am iubit-- I loved

Imperfect
eu iubeam-- I was loving (I used to love)

Past Perfect
eu iubisem -- I had loved

Future I
eu voi iubi--I will love

Future II
eu voi fi iubit-- I will have loved

Future I (popular)
o să iubesc (eu)-- I'm going to love

Future II (popular)
am să fi iubit (eu)-- I will have loved (I don't know of any informal way of rendering this future in english)

Future III (popular)
oi iubi (eu)-- I might love

Subjunctive Present
iubesc (eu)-- no equivalent (I) to love/ (for me) to love/ etc

Subjunctive Past (perfect compus)
fi iubit (eu)-- like above but in the past : (I) to have loved

Present
eu aş iubi-- Conditional: I would love

Conditional Perfect
eu aş fi iubit[/quote]--Past Conditional-- I would have loved

[DeBaires]

Now I can say noapte buna, somn usor to you!

Thank you so much for explaining all of that, I think maybe I'll understand the tenses a little better now!!!

[dya]

Mulțumesc Și... cu plăcere. Cred că vei înțelege timpurile mai bine dacă știi ce echivalent are fiecare în limba engleză.

(The above sentence is your homework )

Noapte Bună!

[DeBaires]

Originally Posted by dya

Mulțumesc Și... cu plăcere. Cred că vei înțelege timpurile mai bine dacă știi ce echivalent are fiecare în limba engleză.

(The above sentence is your homework )

Noapte Bună!

Haha, thanks! Let's see if this is right.

Thanks &...you're welcome. I think/believe that you'll understand the tenses better if you know what equivalent they each have in the English language.

[dya]

Bravo!! Now I can go to sleep relaxed!

[DeBaires]

LOL, somn usor!

[DeBaires]

I've been noticing that some singers do pronounce the "i" at the end of one syllable words like "vrei" & "vei"

or words where the "i" is in a dipthong (is that correct?) like "amandoi"

& others don't.

Does that just depend on where you live or is it the same thing as the whole "sint/sunt", "cind/"cand" thing, the old & new way of doing stuff?

[dya]

Again: in Romanian ALL the written letters are pronounced. If some singers do not pronounce them, it is for the sake of rhyme, sound, etc. But they should be pronounced.
The old/new system has to do ONLY with writing, The pronounciation has never changed.

[DeBaires]

So then I should say aici "ay-ee-chee" not "ay-eech"?

& esti "yesh-tee" not "yesht"?

I've read in several books that the "i" at the end of words is whispered, almost not even pronounced.

Is that what you meant or no?

[dya]

Yes, you should pronounce them but not very strong, indeed. Of all the four letters in esti and aici the final -i is the softest pronounced, but it is pronounced. The words do not end in t and c .

[DeBaires]

OK, I think I understand now

Thanks again Dya!

[DeBaires]

Vreau să ştiu cum şi când utilizez timpul "gerund".

Mereu mă încurc...

şi, se utilizează încă "dumneavoastră" în loc de "voi"?

Ajutaţi-mă, vă rog!!!

Mersi mult

[dya]

For the gerund use I'll explain later, as I have to go now.

For dumneavoastra: yes, this is always used when you talk to a person who is: older than you, higher in authority, someone you don't know very well, etc.

It is the politeness pronoun and not only in use, but compulsory if you don't want to be considered rude.

[DeBaires]

So I should never refer to someone as "voi"?

[dya]

Originally Posted by DeBaires

So I should never refer to someone as "voi"?

Exactly. You don't talk to one person and use the pronoun "voi".

The verb, on the other hand, has the same form for voi and dumneavoastra. In other words, when addressing one person(or more persons with whom you talk with "dumneavoastra") you say:

Dumneavostra veniti cu noi? (Do you come with us?)

NOT

Voi veniti cu noi?

[DeBaires]

Sorry, just to be clear.

You use dumneavoastra when talking to both ONE person you don't know as well as to a group of people?