Learning Romanian language

Originally Posted by baby_girl_

Thanks a lot for your explanations, they're very useful
The expression is simple : "aman aman", I've heard it so many times..I thought it could mean something like "ufff ufff"..correct me if I'm wrong

I really need to hear how it sounds and that sound gives the real feeling.
But I may say doubling that word may have some different meanings. may be a cute way of pointing something ermmmmm cute like " aman aman su bebegin guzelligine bakin" like "aww look at the beauty of that baby".
Or a way of having fun with some one " aman aman her isi de mukemmel yaparsin!" like " yes for sure you always do everything perfect!" But that one is like saying no you can't do anything perfect!
Or as I said before Aman! Aman! Like saying be careful! watch out!
Or yes like ufff as you said for pointing that an unexpected result is seen and that's not so pleasant.
All meaning is given by the sound but using the same word. I may try to send you some voice notes about these if you like to hear the "feeling". Just add my ym or msn that seen under my avatar. I ll be glad if I can help.

* for all friends here Sorry for keeping romanian section busy with turkish

That's ok Ercmnt I don't mind Turkish at all, and I don't think anyone else minds, either

Oooo ercmnt whit some luck today this section could be turkish,but the leaders of the Ottoman empire was lazy to conquer Romania.Feel free to learn us turkish here,i don't mine :X

can someone please give me a crash course on the various usages of cel cea cei and cele! I have homework due tomorrow and I am lost except when it is used to describe "the biggest one" or something like this!

studying it now... but any help is greatly appreciated!!

thanks in advance!!

LOL...

They're like this that these and those but not quite... cel - s.m. cea - s.f. cei - pl.m. cele - pl.f.

used for comparisons and also when you want to say "that which" or "those which"... "The friend's dog is that which bothers me"

Originally Posted by mike123

can someone please give me a crash course on the various usages of cel cea cei and cele! I have homework due tomorrow and I am lost except when it is used to describe "the biggest one" or something like this!

studying it now... but any help is greatly appreciated!!

thanks in advance!!

cel=the one (M)
cea=the one (F)
cei=the ones (M) could be also (M+F)
cele=the ones(F)

Cel ce mă necăjeşte.The one which bother me.(M)
Cel mai frumos băiat.The most beautiful boy.(M)
Cel din-ntâi.The first.(M)

Cea ce mă necăjeşte.The one which bother me.(F)
Cea mai frumoasă The most beautiful girl.(F)
Cea din-ntâi.The first.(F)

Cei ce mă necăjesc.The ones which bother me.(F+M)
Cei mai frumoşi.The most beautiful.(F+M)
Cei din-ntâi.The first ones(F+M)

Cele ce ma necăjesc.The ones which bother ms.(F)
Cele mai frumoase fete.The most beautiful girls.(F)
Cele din-ntâi.The first ones(F)

Hi dragonfly,

Ahh yes. I remember that ...sort of... "the one that bothers me".

cel / cea = the one
cei / cele = those ones

so you are saying it would be?

cainii prietenului e cel care ma necajeste.

:-?

ooo thank you NNA!!! You're timing is perfect!! I wish I could push the "thank you" button, but there isn't one

Cainii prietenului sunt cei ce ma necăjesc.

Originally Posted by mike123

ooo thank you NNA!!! You're timing is perfect!! I wish I could push the "thank you" button, but there isn't one

LoL.In this moment i remember just 3 forms."The one,the most"

Hei ,do you want to make more sentence whit this things for you?

Cainii prietenului sunt cei ce ma necăjesc. = Oh nooooo! thank you but that was my mistake. I meant "cainele prietenului".

What about in this sentence:
M-am dus pana la magazinul __?__ nou din nordul orasului....

cel doesn't go here, right? Or does it?

oooooh yes yes please! I want to learn everything. I appreciate any help you offer

M-am dus pana la magazinul cel nou din nordul orasului....
I was going to the shop,the new one from the nord of the city.

Cel mai nou=The newest(M)
Cea mai nouă=The newest(F)
Cei mai noi=The newest(M+F..Plural)
Cele mai noi=The newest(F...Plural)

Cel mai vechi=The oldest(M)
Cea mai veche=The oldest(F)
Cei mai vechi=The oldest(F+M..Plural)
Cele mai vechi=The oldest(F...Plural)

Cel mai tânăr=The youngest (M)
Cea mai tânără=The youngest(F)
Cei mai tineri=The youngest (M+F....Plural)
Cele mai tinere=The youngest(F..Plural)

Cel bătrân=The old one(M)
Cea bătrână=The old one(F)
Cei bătrâni=The old ones(F+M...Plural)
Cele bătrâne=The old ones(F....Plural)

Cel bolnav=The sick one(M)
Cea bolnavă=The sick one(F)
Cei bolnavi=The sick ones(F+M..Plural)
Cele bolnave=The sick ones(F...Plural)

this things come from:
cel<------acel=that(M)....Acel băiat.That boy.
cea<-----acea=that(F)...Acea fată.That girl.(F)
cei<------acei=that(F+M..Plural)..Acei băieţi.That boys.(M...Plural)
Acei oameni.That people.(F+M..Plural)
cele<---acele=that(F..Plural)......Acele fete.That girls.(F...Plural)

you are sooooooooooooooooo helpful! mersi mult NNA.

Okay, i think i have it understood when it preceeds nouns and adjectives... but what about here... Have I translated it well?

Cea dinspre est e imensă
The one toward the east is huge

Originally Posted by mike123

you are sooooooooooooooooo helpful! mersi mult NNA.

Okay, i think i have it understood when it preceeds nouns and adjectives... but what about here... Have I translated it well?

Cea dinspre est e imensă
The one toward the east is huge

Yes you translated very good.

You must be careful when is preceded by "mai=more
If is preceded by "Mai", after "Mai" will be an adjective and will mean "The most".
But if is not preceded by "Mai",after"Mai" could be an adjective or "ce=what(will mean "which")or care=which" and a verb and will mean "The one".

Cel ce cântă=The one which sing
Cel care cântă=The one which sing

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Stii ceva, Cand fac multe greseli, mi-am dat un 'nickname' folosind unul dintre ele. "Prostul cel prost" Sper ca-i amuzant. mi-e sunat amuzant.

Originally Posted by mike123

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Stii ceva, Cand fac multe greseli, mi-am dat un 'nickname' folosind unul dintre ele. "Prostul cel prost" Sper ca-i amuzant. mi-e mia sunat amuzant.

Looool.Its funny.=))

here isn't clear for you i believe.
când=when
pentru că=because

"When i make many mistakes"
"Because i make many mistakes"
nickname=porecla

Originally Posted by NNA for life

You must be careful when is preceded by "mai=more
If is preceded by "Mai", after "Mai" will be an adjective and will mean "The most".
But if is not preceded by "Mai",after"Mai" could be an adjective or "ce=what(will mean "which")or care=which" and a verb and will mean "The one".

Cel ce cântă=The one which sing
Cel care cântă=The one which sing

is there a difference between the two?

cel care / cel ce?


aahhhhhhhhhh

cel ce vorbeşte - the one that talks
cel ce nu mai vorbeşte - the one that doesn't talk anymore

cel care vorbeşte
cel care nu mai vorbeşte

celui ce i-ai oferit bilete - the one you offered the tickets to.
celui cui i-ai oferit bilete

are those correct?