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• Sticky: It also, can nominalize an adjective.. Cei...

  Thread: Learning Romanian language (1,912 Replies, 408,777 Views) by rudaire

  
  

  It also, can nominalize an adjective..
  
  Cei săraci The poor (ones)
  
  And can also be used with ordinal numbers
  
  cea de-a doua cursă The second race...
  
  etc..

• Sticky: I noticed in both translations, you agree on the...

  Thread: Learning Romanian language (1,912 Replies, 408,777 Views) by rudaire

  
  

  I noticed in both translations, you agree on the 'chiar eşti' line. I have a lot of trouble with all of the different nuances of short words like mai and chiar. My first english word of translation...

• Sticky: Please don't be upset at this correction, as I'm...

  Thread: Learning Romanian language (1,912 Replies, 408,777 Views) by rudaire

  
  

  Please don't be upset at this correction, as I'm sure you know much much more and better romanian than I know, but I'm quite sure it is incorrect to write "mi-aş fii dorit..." "mi-aş fi dorit" is...

• Sticky: does" ...voi încerca chiar pentru tine "work? ...

  Thread: Learning Romanian language (1,912 Replies, 408,777 Views) by rudaire

  
  

  does" ...voi încerca chiar pentru tine "work? Does it correctly add the nuance of 'just'?
  
  dave

• Sticky: I do now completely understand your question. ...

  Thread: Learning Romanian language (1,912 Replies, 408,777 Views) by rudaire

  
  

  I do now completely understand your question. But unfortunately I don't know the answer myself, and actually have the same question..
  
  
  But in english we do use the infinitive as well..
  
  To do...

• Sticky: well, most commonly verbs are used in conjugated...

  Thread: Learning Romanian language (1,912 Replies, 408,777 Views) by rudaire

  
  

  well, most commonly verbs are used in conjugated forms. Meaning, if you wanted to use a verb, like "to read" for example, or "a citi", you are going to conjugate it when you use it.
  
  And these...

• Sticky: Almost always you'll use verbs in 'conjugated'...

  Thread: Learning Romanian language (1,912 Replies, 408,777 Views) by rudaire

  
  

  Almost always you'll use verbs in 'conjugated' forms rather than the infinitive form. And one of those 'conjugated' forms is the 'conjunctive', or some people call it the 'subjunctive' mood. The...

• Sticky: The full infinitive "a vorbi" is sometimes used,...

  Thread: Learning Romanian language (1,912 Replies, 408,777 Views) by rudaire

  
  

  The full infinitive "a vorbi" is sometimes used, and I've forgotten exactly when, but I believe it is used after 'de'. Like "arta de a vorbi" The art of speaking.. Etc..
  
  The infinitive without...

• Sticky: I was taught that even though the spelling...

  Thread: Learning Romanian language (1,912 Replies, 408,777 Views) by rudaire

  
  

  I was taught that even though the spelling changed from sînt to sunt when the î-â-î rule was adopted, that people were told they should still pronounce the word like sînt (even though the spelling...

• Sticky: for a man or boy, " îl ador pe ________" for a...

  Thread: Learning Romanian language (1,912 Replies, 408,777 Views) by rudaire

  
  

  for a man or boy, " îl ador pe ________"
  
  for a woman or girl, " o ador pe _________"
  
  
  Actually this trend continues anytime a person, or group of people, is/are the direct object of a verb. ...

• Sticky: I also see 'le' used with tuturor sometimes.. ...

  Thread: Learning Romanian language (1,912 Replies, 408,777 Views) by rudaire

  
  

  I also see 'le' used with tuturor sometimes.. can tuturor be used both with 'all of YOU' and 'all of 'THEM'???
  
  dave

• thank you mike and kamadeva.. That is exactly...

  Thread: Ce să văd în România (8 Replies, 12,726 Views) by rudaire

  
  

  thank you mike and kamadeva..
  
  That is exactly the type of info i was looking for..
  
  kamadeva, you should publish that. WOW..
  
  I was planning on spending thursday through monday morning in...

• Sticky: sper că vă place tuturor??

  Thread: Learning Romanian language (1,912 Replies, 408,777 Views) by rudaire

  
  

  sper că vă place tuturor??

• Sticky: [QUOTE=kmmy;702041]@dave: you are right about the...

  Thread: Learning Romanian language (1,912 Replies, 408,777 Views) by rudaire

  
  

  [QUOTE=kmmy;702041]@dave: you are right about the case when is spoken about us, but when he thanks us should be : multumesc kmmy si mike.... there's no need to use pe/lui or smth else.
  
  
  Good to...

• Ce să văd în România

  Thread: Ce să văd în România (8 Replies, 12,726 Views) by rudaire

  
  

  Hey guys, I don't know if this is a good place to ask a question such as this, but i thought I'd try..
  
  I'm coming to romania for a visit. I'll spend about 10 days there, and am making a list of...

• Sticky: I'm glad you wrote this above, because it brings...

  Thread: Learning Romanian language (1,912 Replies, 408,777 Views) by rudaire

  
  

  I'm glad you wrote this above, because it brings a question to mind I've never before considered..
  
  I believe a mulţumi requires dative pronouns.
  
  While I'm not sure, I believe the correct form...

• Sticky: Româneşte is an adverb. The question "vorbeşti...

  Thread: Learning Romanian language (1,912 Replies, 408,777 Views) by rudaire

  
  

  Româneşte is an adverb. The question "vorbeşti româneşte?" means 'do you speak in the romanian WAY. Just as the word fast in the sentence "do you run fast?" modifies the word run, the word...

• Sticky: ms lady.. I cannot believe that just now I...

  Thread: Learning Romanian language (1,912 Replies, 408,777 Views) by rudaire

  
  

  ms lady.. I cannot believe that just now I relized that buna was an adjective and bine an adverb.. it makes usage easier knowing that..
  
  thanks again..
  
  d

• Sticky: Another thing, I tried to translate the phrase...

  Thread: Learning Romanian language (1,912 Replies, 408,777 Views) by rudaire

  
  

  Another thing, I tried to translate the phrase "today is the greatest day I've ever known" into romanian and cannot do it.. Would it be using the simple perfect tense?? Azi e cel mai mare(bine) zi...

• Sticky: I have a question.. The simple perfect forms, I...

  Thread: Learning Romanian language (1,912 Replies, 408,777 Views) by rudaire

  
  

  I have a question.. The simple perfect forms, I heard one used for the first time yesterday when watching a cartoon. The cartoon was from the perspective of being read, like someone was reading a...

• Sticky: ar trebuie sa cititi asta!!

  Thread: Learning Romanian language (1,912 Replies, 408,777 Views) by rudaire

  
  

  Ok.. I'm really hammering out the details of this, and I think i have it...
  
  As putea sa merg is really 'i would have the ability to go', which translates best to 'I could go'
  
  S-ar putea sa...

• Sticky: Thank you.. I never thought to place ar putea...

  Thread: Learning Romanian language (1,912 Replies, 408,777 Views) by rudaire

  
  

  Thank you.. I never thought to place ar putea ahead of a conjugated form of a putea...
  
  also, i realized as i thought about it last night I was also wrong in saying ar trebui means i might .. it...

• Sticky: am o intrebare pentru voi.. I might go= ar...

  Thread: Learning Romanian language (1,912 Replies, 408,777 Views) by rudaire

  
  

  am o intrebare pentru voi..
  
  I might go= ar trebui sa merg
  I can go/i have the ability to go= pot merge sau pot sa merg
  
  I might be able to go=?????
  ar trebui sa pot merge/ar trebui sa pot sa...

• Sticky: hello. I was watching a movie in romanian...

  Thread: Learning Romanian language (1,912 Replies, 408,777 Views) by rudaire

  
  

  hello. I was watching a movie in romanian recently, and I have many questions about some of the dialogue in the movie. A 2 minute audio segment that I have questions about can be found here.. ...

• Sticky: Thanks dya.. that makes perfect sense. And I...

  Thread: Learning Romanian language (1,912 Replies, 408,777 Views) by rudaire

  
  

  Thanks dya.. that makes perfect sense. And I did indeed mistake putut from a putea for pus from a pune..
  
  thanks
  
  dave

• Sticky: Hello. How would I say 'I put half the onion in...

  Thread: Learning Romanian language (1,912 Replies, 408,777 Views) by rudaire

  
  

  Hello. How would I say 'I put half the onion in there'.. Would it be pun jumatea cepei in acolo? And would 'I put half AN onion in there (not the onion)' be 'pun jumatea unei chopei in acolo'?
  ...

• Sticky: To everyone studying romanian.... I've found...

  Thread: Learning Romanian language (1,912 Replies, 408,777 Views) by rudaire

  
  

  To everyone studying romanian....
  
  I've found a great way to 'listen' to romanian is on analogtv.ro. You can first read interesing news articles of many types, and then watch short videos of...

• Sticky: I realize a proper statement is... "sotiei mele...

  Thread: Learning Romanian language (1,912 Replies, 408,777 Views) by rudaire

  
  

  I realize a proper statement is... "sotiei mele ii place ciocolata", and i realize the reasons why.. My question is, can one also say, "sotia mea ii place ciocolata" and have it be correct, or is...

• Sticky: i don't know which course you have with pimsleur,...

  Thread: Learning Romanian language (1,912 Replies, 408,777 Views) by rudaire

  
  

  i don't know which course you have with pimsleur, but they recently (within the last 3 months) released additional material. There used to be only 'conversational' romanian, which was 10 thirty...

• Sticky: can you help me to understand when exactly I...

  Thread: Learning Romanian language (1,912 Replies, 408,777 Views) by rudaire

  
  

  can you help me to understand when exactly I should use atunci and when I should use apoi?? Are there rules I can learn?
  
  thanks
  
  dave

• Sticky: Hello again.. How do I say in romanian: I...

  Thread: Learning Romanian language (1,912 Replies, 408,777 Views) by rudaire

  
  

  Hello again..
  How do I say in romanian:
  I should go.
  I should have gone.
  I could have gone. "as fi putut sa merg?"
  
  
  thanks for your help. You are amazing..
  
  dave

• Sticky: I have a gap in my ability to express a common...

  Thread: Learning Romanian language (1,912 Replies, 408,777 Views) by rudaire

  
  

  I have a gap in my ability to express a common idea in romanian.. Follow me here..
  
  I can say, I can go (I have the ability to go). "Pot sa merg, sau pot merge"
  I can say, I would have gone....

• Sticky: Wow, I simply used the incorrect conjugation when...

  Thread: Learning Romanian language (1,912 Replies, 408,777 Views) by rudaire

  
  

  Wow, I simply used the incorrect conjugation when I said spui.. I meant sa spun. People really sometime say sa spui when they mean "to (I) say"??? Why would they say that?
  
  dave

• Sticky: You're right. They did reply se gaseste, and I...

  Thread: Learning Romanian language (1,912 Replies, 408,777 Views) by rudaire

  
  

  You're right. They did reply se gaseste, and I do understand what you write. thank you.. As for the de facut part, can I use de and any 'past tense' form of the verb to make that statement? Can I...

• Sticky: passive voice..

  Thread: Learning Romanian language (1,912 Replies, 408,777 Views) by rudaire

  
  

  I was chatting with someone, and I asked them if they were going to go to sleep, and they replied something like "daca nu se gaseasca ceva de facut", which I think means, "if I don't find something...

• Sticky: thank you again dya. let's see if we agree on...

  Thread: Learning Romanian language (1,912 Replies, 408,777 Views) by rudaire

  
  

  thank you again dya. let's see if we agree on the following 3 uses..
  
  if I say:
  write that I love you, I'm commanding you to write it
  say that I love you, I'm commanding you to say it
  repeat...

• Sticky: OK, so I won't thank you for that specific...

  Thread: Learning Romanian language (1,912 Replies, 408,777 Views) by rudaire

  
  

  OK, so I won't thank you for that specific response, but I do appreciate your willingness to help people like me on this forum... I've deleted your quote from my response since you seem to regret...

• Sticky: Thank you for all your help dya and also tigress...

  Thread: Learning Romanian language (1,912 Replies, 408,777 Views) by rudaire

  
  

  Thank you for all your help dya and also tigress tim... I really appreciate it..
  
  Dya, I disagree with what you've said above. I believe you can 'order' someone to know. I can say, (Tu) stii...

• Sticky: Thank you for the response.. I don't quite...

  Thread: Learning Romanian language (1,912 Replies, 408,777 Views) by rudaire

  
  

  Thank you for the response.. I don't quite understand everything you said. Let me try to say it back to you.. Adu is indeed the imperative form for a aduce.
  (Tu) adu= me telling you to bring...

• Sticky: I've seen the imperative form for a aduce is both...

  Thread: Learning Romanian language (1,912 Replies, 408,777 Views) by rudaire

  
  

  I've seen the imperative form for a aduce is both 'adu', and 'ada(' with the little special a at the end.. Can i just use adu for everything? Why are there 2 imperative forms?
  
  thanks
  dave

• Sticky: a uita, a se uita

  Thread: Learning Romanian language (1,912 Replies, 408,777 Views) by rudaire

  
  

  I'm confused by the verb a uita, and a se uita. I belive a uita to be 'to forget', and a se uita to be ' to look at'.
  eu uit- I forget
  eu ma uit- I look at..
  
  so, ai uitat= you forgot
  t-ai...

• I stand corrected... The 'sharday' thing was...

  Thread: someone to transalte the song of sade no ordinary love* (15 Replies, 7,284 Views) by rudaire

  
  

  I stand corrected... The 'sharday' thing was spread around the states years ago as the correct pronunciation. I didn't invent it, just passed it along. But I was wrong. Thanks for correcting me..

• 'sade'

  Thread: someone to transalte the song of sade no ordinary love* (15 Replies, 7,284 Views) by rudaire

  
  

  ştiţi că 'sade' este clara (accentuata, ferma) ca "şarde".... Stiu că este ciudata, dar este adevărata..
  
  
  Know that 'sade' is pronounced as 'Sharday'.. I know it's strange, but true!!
  
  dave

• I am completely butchering this translation, so...

  Thread: Denisa (3 Replies, 3,156 Views) by rudaire

  
  

  I am completely butchering this translation, so I'm going to give up... But here is what I've translated so far... Sorry.. Dave

• Anda Adam si Alex:Ce ti-as face

  Thread: Anda Adam si Alex:Ce ti-as face (5 Replies, 8,095 Views) by rudaire

  
  

  I tried to translate this.. There may be errors, and I gave up on the spanish parts.. Please correct any mistakes you notice, and also, can you explain why they keep shouting 'selecta"?
  
  also, I...

• Sticky: Is there a difference in meaning between the...

  Thread: Learning Romanian language (1,912 Replies, 408,777 Views) by rudaire

  
  

  Is there a difference in meaning between the following two sentences? Tu poti sa mergi acum. Tu poti merge acum. I notice I'll see the 'conjugated present' forms of verbs after poti sa, pot sa,...

• Sticky: I was the first to mention a 'vowel shift', and...

  Thread: Learning Romanian language (1,912 Replies, 408,777 Views) by rudaire

  
  

  I was the first to mention a 'vowel shift', and what I meant was that many words that were once spelled with a> in the middle are now spelled with i> in the middle, and at least one word (sunt) has...

• Sticky: I've seen this format many times.. " Eu ti-am...

  Thread: Learning Romanian language (1,912 Replies, 408,777 Views) by rudaire

  
  

  I've seen this format many times.. " Eu ti-am upgradat sarutul..."
  Does the 'ti' in that sentence identify the 'owner' of the kiss? Is that the same as saying Eu am upgradat sarutul tau? If I...

• Thank you Lady A.. I've been studying on and off...

  Thread: N&D- Vino la mine * (3 Replies, 9,595 Views) by rudaire

  
  

  Thank you Lady A.. I've been studying on and off for less than 1 year.. But I've really started to focus lately, for the last couple months.. All of my learning comes from reading, and I've gotten...

• Thank you very much for the help.. She speaks so...

  Thread: Vama Veche -Zmeul * (3 Replies, 4,393 Views) by rudaire

  
  

  Thank you very much for the help.. She speaks so fast I cannot understand what she is saying...
  
  Thanks again
  
  dave