* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FLwWCCKZ6LY|Learn Romanian with Nico - Lesson 4: A FI (TO BE)]]
  * [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uCxyzDCBwuY|Learn Romanian with Nico - Lesson 8: A AVEA (TO HAVE)]]

Also worth knowing:
  * [[http://www.romanianlessons.com/Lesson2.htm|Lesson 2: Subject Pronouns]] I, you, he, she etc...

More detail:
  * [[http://www.romanianlessons.com/Lesson3.htm|Lesson 3: Basic Verbs]] To be & To have.


====== a fi (to be) ======

^ Person ^ verb ^
|eu      | sunt     |
|tu      | eşti     |
|el/ea   | este; e  |
|noi     | suntem   |
|voi/dvs | sunteţi  |
|ei/ele  | sunt     |

===== Examples =====
> Sunt fericit/fericită.
>> I am happy/ecstatic.

> Sunt inginer
>> I am an engineer

> Ești obosită?
>> You are tired?(f)

> Nu este ocupat!
>> He is not busy! (m)

====== a avea (to have) ======

^ Person ^ verb ^
|eu      | am     |
|tu      | ai     |
|el/ea   | are; a |
|noi     | avem   |
|voi/dvs | aveţi  |
|ei/ele  | au     |

===== Examples =====

> Am o soțiă frumoasa.
>> I have a beautiful wife.

> Ai o sora?
>> Do you have a sister?

====== Need & Want to do ======
Common usage is to say you need something, or that you need/want to do something. For more examples see the [[uni:simple past]]

> A avea nevoie
>> To need something

> A avea chef
>> To feel like having/doing something.


===== Examples =====

> Dacă ai nevoie de ... mergi la ...
>> If you have need of ... (you) go to ...

> Dacă ai nevoie de **mâncare** mergi la **magazin**.
>> If you have need of **food** (you) go to **shop**.

> Dacă ai chef de ... mergi la ...
>> If you have need of ... (you) go to ...

> Dacă ai chef de **o bere** mergi la **terasă**.
>> If you have need of **a beer** (you) go to **terrace**.