Learning Romanian language

cum se spune regalare? to give a present( gift)?
ad es. I'll give you a gift for christmas?

to give = a da, a darui, a oferi
present = cadou
I'll give you a gift for christmas = Iti daruiesc un cadou de Craciun.

multumesc

I wonder if there's any rule to help us understand when we should use este and e. I mostly use e and I don't know whether it's correct...

Both "este" and "e" means "it is". And i think it can be compared with "it is" and "it's". "Este" is more formal while "e" its informal.

You can say "Maria este fericita" sau "Maria e fericita". Both being very correct.

Vreau sa stiu daca ce-am scris aici este bine.

"La mulţi ani! Sper să ai o zi plină de fericire şi amintiri de neuitat cu familia ta şi prietenii tăi!

Sub am pus site-ul unde poţi să găseşti versurile pentru aceşti căntece."

Mersi anticipat!

Originally Posted by DeBaires

Vreau sa stiu daca ce-am scris aici este bine.

"La mulţi ani! Sper să ai o zi plină de fericire şi amintiri de neuitat cu familia ta şi prietenii tăi!

Sub am pus site-ul unde poţi să găseşti versurile pentru aceşti căntece."

Mersi anticipat!

Very well, just a few small corrections

- Mai jos/Dedesubt am pus/ găsești site-ul (Sub literally means under. What you meant is probably below for which we use mai jos/ dedesubt)

- aceste cîntece

Originally Posted by maria_gr

I wonder if there's any rule to help us understand when we should use este and e. I mostly use e and I don't know whether it's correct...

Maria mou, swatch explained you perfectly.

If you want, think of it as this

Το σπίτι είναι εδώ- este
Το σπίτι 'ναι εδώ- e

You use mostly e because you probably use mostly 'ναι It's the same with us!

Originally Posted by dya

Very well, just a few small corrections

- Mai jos/Dedesubt am pus/ găsești site-ul (Sub literally means under. What you meant is probably below for which we use mai jos/ dedesubt)

- aceste cîntece

Mersi Dya!

@swatch: Thanks I got it now.

Btw Maria nu este fericita

@Dya: Thank you Dya mou, now everything is clear to me! Actually I never say 'nai in Greek, although I use 'mai, 'xei, 'xe, 'xw, 'pe etc often.

I'm glad everything is clear about this issue

Αλλά δεν μ'αρέσει ότι η Μαρία δεν είναι ευτυχισμένη ! Ποιος φταίει ?

Originally Posted by dya

Αλλά δεν μ'αρέσει ότι η Μαρία δεν είναι ευτυχισμένη ! Ποιος φταίει ?

Dya mou, who is happy nowadays? We've got everything but happiness

Supposedly, if we have everything we should be happy also. So...something is missing

Then I guess that something is missing

what does it mean - ma joc si eu?

Originally Posted by dya

aceste cîntece

Or aceste cântece

Originally Posted by DeBaires

Sub am pus site-ul unde poţi să găseşti versurile pentru aceşti căntece."

"Cântec" is of neuter gender, so it is masculine at singular and feminine at plural. Romanian doesn't have a proper neuter gender, but there are substantives which are masculine at singular and feminine at plural and this is what we call "neuter" in Romanian.

The demonstrative adjective should be accorded to substantive's gender:

Masculine Feminine Neuter
Singular acest această acest
Plural aceşti aceste aceste

P.S.: Sorry for how the table looks, but the forum software ignores formated text

Originally Posted by ilus_lill

what does it mean - ma joc si eu?

"ma joc si eu?" means "i am playing too?"

Originally Posted by Sahrian

Or aceste cântece

Right! The correct spelling is cântece !

Multumesc mult, Sahrian! Tind sa cred ca am apasat tasta gresita! î și â sunt una langa alta pe tastatura mea. Ce e funny e ca nu mi-a sarit nimic in ochi cand mi-am recitit postarea

Originally Posted by dya

Multumesc mult, Sahrian! Tind sa cred ca am apasat tasta gresita! î și â sunt una langa alta pe tastatura mea. Ce e funny e ca nu mi-a sarit nimic in ochi cand mi-am recitit postarea

Pentru prea putin. Ca sa fiu sincer nu imi plac ultimele reguli dictate de Academie si nu le respect, dar apreciez decizia din 1993 privind 'â' si 'sunt'. Oricum consider ca atata timp cat respectam un set de reguli nu conteaza din ce perioada dateaza, am facut "corectia" doar ca cei care vor sa invete limba sa nu fie derutati.