Learning Romanian language

[annamariek222]

hi, could somebody please help me? i would like to know what does this mean:

Voi inceta sa te iubesc abia atunci cand, un pictor surd va reusi sa picteze sunetul prodous de o petala de trandafir, in caderea ei in oceanul de cristal

Thank u very much for help

[mister Xazos]

Originally Posted by annamariek222

hi, could somebody please help me? i would like to know what does this mean:

Voi inceta sa te iubesc abia atunci cand, un pictor surd va reusi sa picteze sunetul prodous de o petala de trandafir, in caderea ei in oceanul de cristal

Thank u very much for help

I'll stop loving you only when a deaf painter succeed in painting the sound made by a petal from a rose in its falling in an ocean crystal.

(very nice... soo romantic )

[dya]

Originally Posted by igrec

Ohh Dya, come and take me too where you go I'll be here and I'll spend more time on the ATL. But I leave too for one day, Thursday to my grandparest in Husi and I come back Friday in the morning.
Enjoy your time Dya !

Thank you I hope it will be a nice vacation with good weather especially!

Originally Posted by igrec

(sa te distrezi si pentru mine, eu am de invatat toata saptamina :P)

PS: Dya ! Am uitat scumpa sa iti spun ca am un majorat in seara asta si ma distrez ! Naaa ! Ca sa nu te distrezi numai tu ! haha . pupici

Uite, vezi ca nu stai numai sa inveti? Bairam, huh?! Pune mana pe carte ca acusica vine examenul si tu te tii de prostii!!! Mai copchile! Di câti ori să-ți mai spun?! LOL!

In alta ordine de idei, mai bine te-ai odihni putin in vacanta asta ca din semestru doi incepe sa danseze morcoviorul pe langa tine! Vacantele sunt facute sa va( si sa ne!!!) odihnim. Asa ca...vezi tu cum le impaci pe amandoua dar ai grija sa nu iesi din vacanta mai obosit decat ai intrat.

Aveti grija pe aici pe forum, copii. Sa fiti cuminti si daca pot mai intru si eu pe aici sa mai arunc o vorba, un ochi.

Va pup

[emma]

Originally Posted by igrec;

Welcome among us Emma (nice name btw, reminds me of Emma Bunton). Any question is welcomed here.
Have a nice day.

thanx alot, but i wish am pretty as her

[velvet_sky]

hello all.I have heard a song in romanian language(from Dj project) and i thought to me.. this language sound very nice .. now i see that here in this forum has even a topic about learning that language , very nice and keep doing this job

[mister Xazos]

Originally Posted by dya

Thank you I hope it will be a nice vacation with good weather especially!



Uite, vezi ca nu stai numai sa inveti? Bairam, huh?! Pune mana pe carte ca acusica vine examenul si tu te tii de prostii!!! Mai copchile! Di câti ori să-ți mai spun?! LOL!

In alta ordine de idei, mai bine te-ai odihni putin in vacanta asta ca din semestru doi incepe sa danseze morcoviorul pe langa tine! Vacantele sunt facute sa va( si sa ne!!!) odihnim. Asa ca...vezi tu cum le impaci pe amandoua dar ai grija sa nu iesi din vacanta mai obosit decat ai intrat.

Aveti grija pe aici pe forum, copii. Sa fiti cuminti si daca pot mai intru si eu pe aici sa mai arunc o vorba, un ochi.

Va pup

Eeeeh Dya, it's a "must". Oricum am sa plec din Iasi pentru o zi sau doua Merci mult scumpa. Ai grija de tine.
Vreme frumoasa !!!

[mister Xazos]

Originally Posted by emma

thanx alot, but i wish am pretty as her

Nice woman Emma Bunton

[mister Xazos]

Originally Posted by velvet_sky

hello all.I have heard a song in romanian language(from Dj project) and i thought to me.. this language sound very nice .. now i see that here in this forum has even a topic about learning that language , very nice and keep doing this job

Thank you. For any help, we're here .

[mara]

Dear Dya!!

Thank you for everything you do here in order to help us learn.

Well, i have no problem to say the ş or the ţ ...no.

The problem is with the ă and â.

I understand how important it is to say these two vouls but....honestly....i think it s impossible. Even if i manage to say them alone, i can t say them when they are in a word. ufff

I don t know if there is a way for you to help me in this, but thank you anyway!

Originally Posted by dya

Multumesc, Igrec

Mara, welcome to the forum It will be my absolute pleasure to help you with romanian. Cause you may also help me with Greek

First of all I just want to tell you that Romanian and Greek grammar have a lot in common when it comes to the structures used. For you it's going to be easy to understand that every verb has a different ending for every person. That adjectives change their ending according to the nouns. Then, word order in sentences is pretty much alike in both languages.
I kept saying around here that in order to learn Romanian you have to think Romanian so that you can understand how to put words in a sentence. For you, I can say that you can think Greek cause most of the times, the structures are alike

Now, to answer your question: it's pretty awkard to speak Romanian without those sounds because each of them has the non-diacritic equivalent ă, â--- a, ș---s, ț---t and there are many words in which if you pronounce the normal letter instead of the diacritic one you actually say another word.

Just one example:
fata---the girl
fața-- the face

or

râu--river
rău--bad

and so on. So, you actually have to find a way to pronounce these sounds.

Igrec gave you a few hints, I could think about others who could help you.

For example ș---it's pretty close to how you pronounce Vissi in Anna Vissi.

I'll think of other ways and let you know.

[mister Xazos]

Mara is able to speak Romanian. She can say ă, î, ş, ţ. Nai koritsi mou ?
Bravo sou Mara !

[wolver99]

Ah, so much is happening here, I can hardly wait to get caught up but I am still just so busy at work (our company is growing fast).

Couple of quick questions....

I know the word for wind is vint, but how do I tell someone that "it has been very windy here" (the weather, not the talk, lol)

How do I say in Romanian: We just had to fire one guy and are in the process of hiring a replacement but in the meantime I must do the work that the lost worker was doing.

Multumesc, as always (and is there a best way to say "as always" in closing a letter or note? lol...I want to know EVERYTHING! Such a fabulous language!)

[mara]

Goodmorning to everyone!!!

Can somebody please write the verb stiu, spune and vorbesc? I mean to congugate them in every person. Ofcourse, any verb conjugation that anyone wants to provide us with...is welcomed!!!

Thank you in advance!

[Cristina]

To know= a şti

Eu ştiu
Tu şti
El/ea ştie
Noi ştim
Voi ştiţi
Ei/ele ştiu

To say= a spune

Eu spun
Tu spui
El/ea spune
Noi spunem
Voi spuneţi
Ei spun

To speak= a vorbi

Eu vorbesc
Tu vorbeşti
El/ea vorbeşte
Noi vorbim
Voi vorbiţi
Ei/ele vorbesc

[Cristina]

Originally Posted by wolver99

Ah, so much is happening here, I can hardly wait to get caught up but I am still just so busy at work (our company is growing fast).

Couple of quick questions....

I know the word for wind is vint, but how do I tell someone that "it has been very windy here" (the weather, not the talk, lol)

How do I say in Romanian: We just had to fire one guy and are in the process of hiring a replacement but in the meantime I must do the work that the lost worker was doing.

Multumesc, as always (and is there a best way to say "as always" in closing a letter or note? lol...I want to know EVERYTHING! Such a fabulous language!)

"it has been very windy here"...We don't have an expression for that..as I know..You can say:A bătut vântul foarte tare aici= the wind blew very hard here.


We just had to fire one guy and are in the process of hiring a replacement but in the meantime I must do the work that the lost worker was doing.= Tocmai a trebuit sa concediem un tip ( or pe cineva=somebody) şi suntem in procesul de angajare a unui inlocuitor dar in acelaşi timp trebuie sa fac eu treaba pe care fostul angajat o facea (or treaba pe care o facea fostul angajat-it's the same, it doesn't matter the order in the sentence).

Have a nice day!

[cristina_mihaella]

I'm new her and i found this page and is very good for the people who want to learn romanian. Now i have to go to work and i wish to all of you a good day.
My name is Cristina)

Pupici!

[dya]

Hello everybody! I'm back And, yes, it was a nice holiday, thank you

Now, I see new members--Cristina-Mihaella--bine ai venit!

and I see other members struggling to find the time to ask those d-a-m-n questions ALREADY!!! Hello, Wolver

And, Mara, koritsi mou, how can I help you with those unfriendly letters?.. Hmmm... we should talk! Or you should talk to some Romanians over there and ask them to pronounce NOT the letters, but the letters IN words. If you try to pronounce an entire word you just go with the sound and thus you don't pay so much attention to each sound separately. Being too busy to repet an entire word you don't notice that right in the middle of it you may have an "unfriendly" letter. And when you try to repet a word after somebody else, don't think about the letters, simply repeat it as you hear it. It may sound difficult at first...but how do you think ευχαριστώ παρα πολύ seemed to me the first time I heard it?!?! LOL! I was trying to be nice and asked a girl at a taverna how do you say "thank you very much". As an answer I got this, prounounced in what it seemed like only one (LONG) word cause she was talking fast and forgot to breathe between the three words! LOL!

Now, my advice is to start focusing on pronouncing words and forget about the letters for a while.

[dya]

Now for the verbs. Cristina already gave you the present tense for these three verbs. I'm gonna use the same verbs now, but introducing a different tense. Past tense, this time. And, surprisingly, for those of you already driven crazy by the romanian verb conjugations, this one is quite easy.

It has two words: the present tense(or part of it!) of the verb "to have" + the participle of the verb you want to use. In form it looks like the english Present Perfect, but in use it is Past Tense. Romanian does not have any tense associated with the english Present Perfect. When we translate from english, we use either a past tense form or a present form according to what sounds better.

Coming back to past tense. The conjugation of to have-a avea in present tense.

eu am
tu ai
el/ea are
noi avem
voi aveti
ei/ele au

Now, the actual words used for every person. Some persons keep the form of to have as it is, some others changed it. THESE are the forms used for past tense:

eu am
tu ai
el/ea a
noi am
voi ați
ei/ele au

The second part of the past tense-the participle of the verb you conjugate, is to be learned as it is. Like you learn the irregular verbs in English. You usually can find the participle in dictionaries, in any grammar books, verb tables, etc. Of course, the actual way you are going to learn it is by hearing/reading/USING it!!

Now, let's see the verbs Cristina worked on. She gave you the present tense, I'm giving the past tense:

Originally Posted by Cristina

To know= a şti
Eu ştiu
Tu şti
El/ea ştie
Noi ştim
Voi ştiţi
Ei/ele ştiu

Eu am știut
Tu ai știut
El/Ea a știut
Noi am știut
Voi ați știut
Ei/Ele au știut

Originally Posted by Cristina

To say= a spune
Eu spun
Tu spui
El/ea spune
Noi spunem
Voi spuneţi
Ei/Ele spun

Eu am spus
Tu ai spus
El/Ea a spus
Noi am spus
Voi ați spus
Ei/Ele au spus

Originally Posted by Cristina

To speak= a vorbi
Eu vorbesc
Tu vorbeşti
El/ea vorbeşte
Noi vorbim
Voi vorbiţi
Ei/ele vorbesc

Eu am vorbit
Tu ai vorbit
El/Ea a vorbit
Noi am vorbit
Voi ați vorbit
Ei/Ele au vorbit

[skr]

Joseph -> Joe, Joey

Do Romanian ppl do something like this with Gheorghe?

@dya- thank you very much

[dya]

Of course

Gheorghe - >Gică(Gicu), Gigi

The affectionate derivate(and not very much in use anymore) from Gheorghe is

Gheorghiță -> Ghiță

George is in itself a derivate of Gheorghe, and it's used as it is being nowadays much more spread than Gheorghe. It does not have derivates. At most you can shorten it to Geo.

[skr]

Originally Posted by dya

Of course

Gică(Gicu)

Gicu?

ă=â??

[dya]

Originally Posted by skr

Gicu?

ă=â??

Gicu is actually a derivate from Gică.

ă and â are two different letters and sounds. They are not interchangable.