Learning Romanian language

Originally Posted by Dvid

Hi Lindski,

I am learning Romanian as well. Here is what I know:

To kiss - a saruta
To call (on the telefone)- a suna
To hunt - a vana
To come - a veni
To buy - a cumpara
To sell - a vinde
To pay - a plati
To meet (when you meet someone new) - a cunoaste
to give – a da
to take – a lua
to go – a se duce
to walk – a merge
to dance – a dansa
to write – a scrie
to read – a citi
to invite – a invita
to study – a studia
to teach – a preda
to look - a se uita (a uita is to forget)
to cut – a taia
to want – a vrea
to build – construi
to break - a rupe
to be – a fi
to do - a face

Please correct if I am wrong.

Only one small correction, and I'm sure it was a typing mistake

Yes it was. Thanks a lot!

bunch of thanks!!!
and when you meet a friend let's say at a cafe - is there another verb? not a cunoaste?

Originally Posted by Dvid

Yes it was. Thanks a lot!

No problem It happens

hi!!!
i wish i could be of any help for you to!!! - you just ask and if i can do it - i will do it!
but now - another thing - i need the questions translations. i guess there are more variants for some questions than in english.
who - care
to whom - cine
is it correct?
how to say - about whom
and other question words:
What? How much?
What colour? How many?
What size? How old?
What kind of? How long?
What for? How far?
Where? Why?
Where…to? Who?
Where…from? Whose?
When? Whom?
What time? Which?
How?

Originally Posted by lindski

hi!!!
i wish i could be of any help for you to!!! - you just ask and if i can do it - i will do it!
but now - another thing - i need the questions translations. i guess there are more variants for some questions than in english.
who - cine
to whom - cui
is it correct?
how to say - about whom / despre cine?
and other question words:
What? / Ce?
What colour? / Ce culoare?
What size? / Ce mărime?
What kind of? / Ce fel de?
What for? / Pentru ce?
Where? / Unde?
Where…to? / Încotro?
Where…from? / De unde?
When? / Când?
What time? / Ce oră?
How? / Cum?
How much? / Cât?;cât de mult?
How many? / Câte?;cât de multe?
How old? / Câţi ani?
How long? / Cât timp?
How far? / Cât de departe?
Why? / De ce?
Who? / Cine?
Whose? / A cui?;Ale cui?
Whom? / Cui?
Which? / Care?

here you are

Originally Posted by lindski

bunch of thanks!!!
and when you meet a friend let's say at a cafe - is there another verb? not a cunoaste?

"To meet" or "to get to know" (you can say "let's get to know us"="Hai sa ne cunoastem")

Originally Posted by baby_girl_

"To meet" or "to get to know" (you can say "let's get to know us"="Hai sa ne cunoastem")

Lindski: She means "Let's get to know each other"

Originally Posted by dragonfly93

Lindski: She means "Let's get to know each other"

Yup, sorry, sometimes I make mistakes too

Originally Posted by baby_girl_

Yup, sorry, sometimes I make mistakes too

That's OK, no problem. A lot of non-native English-speakers, even the fluent ones and some natives, make this mistake because "each other" uses the same form as the reflexive "ourselves"!!

Originally Posted by lindski

hi!!!
i wish i could be of any help for you to!!! - you just ask and if i can do it - i will do it!
but now - another thing - i need the questions translations. i guess there are more variants for some questions than in english.

is it correct?

To say "is it correct?", you would say either "este corect?" or "e corect?" The only difference is that "e" is a contraction of "este", the way you might say "it's" instead of "it is" in English.

Bună tuturor!!! Ce faceți? Haven't heard from some of you for a little while

Is this written correctly?

Nu îi spune lui Dumnezeu cât de mare este furtuna. Spune furtunii cât de mare este Dumnezeu.

Thanks for any help!

EDIT: I changed the second sentence and I think it works better

The first looks ok... But not sure about the second. Ask a native speaker

hi Baby girl!
thanks for the answers!
you write:To meet (when you meet someone new) - a cunoaste - i guess you mean "to get aquainted"

but to meet has another meaning e.g. when you say to a fruend " le's meet at 8pm" - so should i use the same word "a cunoaste" in this case?

Originally Posted by JunjouLover

Is this written correctly?

Nu îi spune lui Dumnezeu cât de mare este furtuna. Spune furtunii cât de mare este Dumnezeu.

Thanks for any help!

EDIT: I changed the second sentence and I think it works better

PerfectWell done

Originally Posted by lindski

hi Baby girl!
thanks for the answers!
you write:To meet (when you meet someone new) - a cunoaste - i guess you mean "to get aquainted"

but to meet has another meaning e.g. when you say to a fruend " le's meet at 8pm" - so should i use the same word "a cunoaste" in this case?

You're welcome
"let's meet at 8pm"= in this case you don't use the verb "a cunoaste", but the verb "a vedea/a se vedea cu cineva" ("hai sa ne vedem la 8pm").

Originally Posted by JunjouLover

Is this written correctly?

Nu îi spune lui Dumnezeu cât de mare este furtuna. Spune furtunii cât de mare este Dumnezeu.

Thanks for any help!

EDIT: I changed the second sentence and I think it works better

i would've said:

Nu îi spune lui Dumnezeu cât de mare este furtuna. Spune-i furtunii cât de mare este Dumnezeu.

Originally Posted by kmmy

i would've said:

Nu îi spune lui Dumnezeu cât de mare este furtuna. Spune-i furtunii cât de mare este Dumnezeu.

I believe that's what he said the first time, before he edited. I'm sorry if I gave bad advice îmi pare rău!!!

Buna,

Construind castele din talent.

=Building castles skillfully.

E corect?