Learn Romanian
Are you travelling to Romania? Or do you wish to learn a Romance language? Here is a brief introduction to Romanian as a language:
Romanian has many linguistic features in common with Italian, French and Spanish. Even though mutual intelligibility in terms of vocabulary is limited for the first two, the Latin origins offer a grammatical common ground for Romanian in respect to other Romance languages.
Alphabet
[edit | edit source]Aa Ââ Ăă Bb Cc Dd Ee Ff Gg Hh Ii Îî Jj Kk Ll Mm Nn Oo Pp Qq Rr Ss Șș Tt Țț Uu Vv Ww Xx Yy Zz
| Letter | Pronunciation | Example | Translation | Observation |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aa | [a] | aur [aur] | gold | |
| Ââ | [ɨ] [ɨ din a] | câine [kɨine] | dog | |
| Ăă | [ɘ] | ăsta [ɘsta] | this (this one), informal | |
| Bb | [be] [bɨ] | bebe [bebe] | (little) baby | |
| Cc | [tʃe] [kɨ] | cal [ kal] | horse | pronounced [tʃe] or [tʃi] before vowels E or I, and pronounced [k] before other vowels or consonants |
| Dd | [de] [dɨ] | dar [dar] | gift, but | |
| Ee | [] | |||
Some words
[edit | edit source]Now that you know the alphabet, you can learn a few examples coming from the nomenclature of animals:
Bear - Urs
Bee - Albină
Bird - Pasăre
Butterfly - Fluture
Cat - Pisică
Chicken - Pui de găină
Cockroach - Gândac
Cow - Vacă
Deer - Cerb
Dog - Câine
Eagle - Vultur
Elephant - Elefant
Fish - Pește
Fly - Muscă
Fox - Vulpe
Frog - Broască
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