| The Go-Girl's Guide... to Basic Romanian |
| Normal Conversation if YOU call Moldova (assuming you called my house and either Virginia or host mom answered): Moldovan: Da? (yes, what do you want?) You: Pot sa vorbesc cu Seanne, va rog? ("Poat seh vor-besk coo Seanne, vah rogue?"- Can I talk to Seanne, please?) Moldovan: Da. Acoosh. (Yes, hold on a second). OR Nu, Seanne nu este aici. ("Seanne new yestay I-eech." - She's not here.) Other handy question & answer combos: Moldovan: Cine suneti? ("Chee-nay soon-etz?" - Who is calling?) You: Eu sunt Jennifer, din Statele Unite. ("Yo soon-t Jennifer dihn Stah-tay-lay You-nee-tay" - I am Jen from the US) You: Eu nu vorbesc limba romana. ("Yo noo vor-besk lim-ba row-moon-ah" - I don't speak Romanian) Vorbiti limba englesi? ("Vor-beets lim-ba in-glay-zee?" - Do you speak English?) You: La ce ora Seanne va veni acasa? ("La chay aura, Seanne vah vehn-ee ah-cah-sah?" - When will Seanne be home?) Moldovan: Eu nu stiu. ("Yo new stee-ew." - I don't know.) OR La ora sase ("La aura sha-say" - At 6pm) |
Numbers: Other important words: 1 - unu (oo-new) bolnav ("bowl-nahv" - sick) 2 - doi (d-oy!) doarme ("d-wahrm-a" - he/she is sleeping) 3 - trei (tray) la oficiu ("la off-itch-E-u" - at the office) 4 - patru (pah-true) la scoala ("la sch-kwah-la" - at the school) 5 - cinc (chee-nch) mai tarziu ("my tar-zee-eew" - later) 6 - sase (sha-say) 7 - sapte (shop-tay) Ea este bolnava ("Ya yest-ay bowl-nahv-ah" 8 - opt (oh-pt) -She is sick) 9 - noua (noah) 10 - zece (zay-chay) El este bolnav ("Yell yest-ay bowl-nahv" 11 - unsprezece (oons-pray-zay-chay) -He is sick) 12 - doisprezece (doy-spray-zay-chay) 13 - treisprezece (tray-spray-zay-chay) 14 - paisprezece (pie-spray-zay-chay) 15 - cincsprezece (chin-spray-zay-chay) 16 - saisprezece (shy-spray-zay-chay) 17 - saptsprezece (shopt-spray-zay-chay) 18 - optsprezece (oahpt-spray-zay-chay) 19 - nouasprezece (noah-spray-zay-chay) 20 - douazece (dough-wah-zay-ch) |