https://romanian.roman-halliday.com/ 2026-04-24T18:02:25+00:00 https://romanian.roman-halliday.com/ https://romanian.roman-halliday.com/lib/exe/fetch.php?media=wiki:dokuwiki.svg text/html 2025-03-27T15:42:20+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://romanian.roman-halliday.com/doku.php?id=uni:adjectives&rev=1743090140&do=diff Also worth looking at: * plurals Adjectives Overview (humorous) From: Fun With Adjectives Couldn’t be simpler. To construct a sentence with adjectives in Romanian, all you have to do is: * Know the gender, case and number of the main noun * Know the 1-4 forms for each adjective plus the appropriate case text/html 2025-03-27T15:42:20+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://romanian.roman-halliday.com/doku.php?id=uni:alphabet&rev=1743090140&do=diff Alphabet & Pronunciation * Full list of alphabet sounds on wikitravel - Romanian phrasebook * Hear the words with Nico: Learn Romanian with Nico - Lesson 1: Pronunciation text/html 2025-03-27T15:42:20+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://romanian.roman-halliday.com/doku.php?id=uni:christmas_and_new_year&rev=1743090140&do=diff " Crăciun fericit " Happy Christmas" " " La mulți ani " To many years (also happy birthday)" " " Anul nou " New year" " " Sărbători fericite! " Happy Hollidays" " text/html 2025-03-27T15:42:20+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://romanian.roman-halliday.com/doku.php?id=uni:colors&rev=1743090140&do=diff Colors are adjectives, with all the same rules. Singular (M) Singular (F) Plural (M) Plural (F) English albastru albastrâ albaștri albastre blue alb albă albi albi white portocaliu portocalie portocalii portocalii orange verde verde verzi text/html 2025-03-27T15:42:20+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://romanian.roman-halliday.com/doku.php?id=uni:common_verbs&rev=1743090140&do=diff Resources When working with verbs, one can use: * verbix - Romanian Verb Conjugator if you know the infinitive. e.g. a vorbi. * verbix - Find the Verb if you have a conjugated verb you need to find the infinitive (and other versions) of. e.g. vorbesc. * verbix - Translate and Conjugate a Verb if you want to search using an infinitive and find the translation and conjugation. e.g. text/html 2025-03-27T15:42:20+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://romanian.roman-halliday.com/doku.php?id=uni:daily_routine&rev=1743090140&do=diff Most of this revolves around reflexive_verbs, and time. Examples " Eu mă trezesc la șapte fără un sfert. " I wake at 6:45." " " Soția mea, se trezește în același timp. " My wife, she wakes at the same time." " " Ne sculăm, și luăm micul dejun. " We get up and take (have) breakfast. text/html 2025-03-27T15:42:20+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://romanian.roman-halliday.com/doku.php?id=uni:days_and_dates&rev=1743090140&do=diff days of the week " Săptămună are șapte zile: " The week has seven days:" " Days Days in definite article Luni Lunea Marți Marțea Miercuri Miercurea Joi Joia Vineri Vineria Sâmbătă Sâmbăta / Sâmbătele text/html 2025-03-27T15:42:20+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://romanian.roman-halliday.com/doku.php?id=uni:definite_article&rev=1743090140&do=diff Definite Article * Lesson 5: Articles - romanianlessons.com * The Definite Article in Romanian Masculin * Ending in a consonant add ul * Băiat -> Băiatul (boy) * Student -> Studentul (student) * Ending in an e add le * Frate -> Fratele (brother) Femenin * Ending in ă change to a * Fată -> text/html 2025-03-27T15:42:20+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://romanian.roman-halliday.com/doku.php?id=uni:demonstrative_pronouns_and_adjectives&rev=1743090140&do=diff Demonstrative Adjectives (This & These) Remember how questions work. " Ce-i asta? " What is this?" " " Asta-i bună! " This is good!" " Demonstrative Adjectives can be used before or after the noun, however the form changes. Demonstrative Adjectives Before the Noun text/html 2025-03-27T15:42:20+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://romanian.roman-halliday.com/doku.php?id=uni:describing_people&rev=1743090140&do=diff Worth linking this with: * family * possessive_adjectives Describing People Body Parts English Romanian Hair Păr, -ul Skin Piele Nose Nas Eyes Ochii Face Fața Mouth Gură Mustach Mustață Beard (beards is also telling lies/tall stories) Barbă Arm(s) text/html 2025-03-27T15:42:20+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://romanian.roman-halliday.com/doku.php?id=uni:easter&rev=1743090140&do=diff Similar to christmas and new year, there are some Easter phrases in Romanian! " Biserică " Church" " " Paște " Easter" " " Cristos a înviat (a-nviat). " Christ is risen." " " Adevărat a-nviat. " Indeed (it is true that) he is risen." " Note: Sometimes the greek spelling is used: Hristos text/html 2025-03-27T15:42:20+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://romanian.roman-halliday.com/doku.php?id=uni:family&rev=1743090140&do=diff Translations English Romanian Mother Mamă Father Tată Boy Fiu/Băiat Girl Fiică/fată Child Copii Brother Frate Sista Soră Grand father/mother Bunic/Bunică Uncle Unchi Aunt Mătușă Grandchild/Nephew Nepot/Nepotă Cousin text/html 2025-03-27T15:42:20+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://romanian.roman-halliday.com/doku.php?id=uni:food_and_drink&rev=1743090140&do=diff * Also worth looking at the restaurant page. " Mâncare şi băutură " Food and drink" " To eat & to drink a mânca (to eat) Romanian verb 'mânca' conjugated in all tenses Person verb Subjunctive eu mănânc tu mănânci el/ea text/html 2025-03-27T15:42:20+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://romanian.roman-halliday.com/doku.php?id=uni:frequency&rev=1743090140&do=diff If something happens frequently or not: Romanian English niciodată never rar rarely uneori sometimes des often de obicei usualy mereu always întotdeauna always Temă " Cât de des practicați următoarele activități? text/html 2025-03-27T15:42:20+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://romanian.roman-halliday.com/doku.php?id=uni:imperative&rev=1743090140&do=diff For an order/instruction or invitation. Ask a Romanian to explain the Imperative without laughing about how you suddenly use the third person for the second person. Subjunctive This isn't the subjunctive (Implies imperative, for all but second person). But there are similarities. text/html 2025-03-27T15:42:20+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://romanian.roman-halliday.com/doku.php?id=uni:introductions&rev=1743090140&do=diff Greetings The Greetings: Learn Romanian with Nico - Lesson 2: Greetings How Are You " Ce faci? " What are you doing? (also used as short for how are you doing)" " " Ce mai faci? " How are you doing?" " " Ce faci acum? " What are you doing now? (to be precise about what someone is doing rather than how they are) text/html 2025-03-27T15:42:20+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://romanian.roman-halliday.com/doku.php?id=uni:likes_and_dislikes&rev=1743090140&do=diff A plăcea ... Is pleasing to (me). This is actually an expression in the dative, but the less said about that the better. If you don't like something, just put nu at the start of the sentence. Usually 'nu îmi' is abbreviated to 'nu-mi'. Constructed as: text/html 2025-03-27T15:42:20+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://romanian.roman-halliday.com/doku.php?id=uni:musical_instruments&rev=1743090140&do=diff One can sing a cânta (same conjugation as a mânca, or one can sing an instrument... " Eu cânt la pian " I play piano" " And using the subjunctive " Eu știu să cânt la pian " I play piano" " Instruments Romanian English pian piano chitară guitar text/html 2025-03-27T15:42:20+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://romanian.roman-halliday.com/doku.php?id=uni:numbers&rev=1743090140&do=diff Learn Romanian with Nico - Lesson 9: Numbers Number in Romanian0 zero1 unu2 doi (două)3 trei4 patru5 cinci6 șase7 șapte8 opt9 nouă10 zeceNumber Formal Romanian Informal Romanian11 unsprezece unșpe12 doisprezece (douăsprezece) doișpe13 treisprezece treișpe14 paisprezece paișpe15 cincisprezece text/html 2025-03-27T15:42:20+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://romanian.roman-halliday.com/doku.php?id=uni:plurals&rev=1743090140&do=diff Explanations * Lesson 4: Plurals * Pluralizing Words in Romanian * Plural Examples * Learn Romanian with Nico - Lesson 25: Plural in Romanian (Masculine) * Learn Romanian with Nico - Lesson 27: Plural in Romanian (Feminine) * Learn Romanian with Nico - Lesson 28: Plural in Romanian (Neuter) * Learn Romanian with Nico - Lesson 29: Clothes (+ Plural Forms) Also, worth understanding numbers Examples " Un bâiat. " A boy." " " Doi băieți. " Two boys." " " O fată. " A girl."… text/html 2025-03-27T15:42:20+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://romanian.roman-halliday.com/doku.php?id=uni:possessive_adjectives&rev=1743090140&do=diff Adjective posesive Posesor fem (sg) masc (sg) fem (pl) masc (pl) Eu mea meu mele mei Tu ta tău tale tăi El lui Ea ei Noi noastră nostru noastre noștri text/html 2025-03-27T15:42:20+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://romanian.roman-halliday.com/doku.php?id=uni:pronouns_in_dative_and_genitive&rev=1743090140&do=diff * Dative case - Wikipedia * Genitive case - Wikipedia * Reflexive pronouns - Wikipedia Not strictly dative/genitive but worth putting here. Dative Pronouns in the Present Tense The best way to think about dative, is with the verb a da (to give). First I gave (or the past participle) is dat secondly it's a nice regular verb often used in the dative. text/html 2025-03-27T15:42:20+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://romanian.roman-halliday.com/doku.php?id=uni:questions&rev=1743090140&do=diff Question Words English Romanian When Când What Ce Who Cine How Cum Where Unde Why (for what) De ce? How many or How much Cât Now? Acum? Note, a question needs to have an intonation at the end of the sentence in pronunciation. text/html 2025-03-27T15:42:20+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://romanian.roman-halliday.com/doku.php?id=uni:reflexive_verbs&rev=1743090140&do=diff See: * Lesson 9: Reflexive Verbs - romanianlessons.com How it works Doing things to yourself. Use the correct form of the verb with the required reflexive pronoun (see examples below) Sample Verbs a se scula (to get up) a se scula - To get ones self up Person Target verb eu mă scol text/html 2025-03-27T15:42:20+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://romanian.roman-halliday.com/doku.php?id=uni:restaurant&rev=1743090140&do=diff * This goes with food and drink. " prefer să mânânc la restaurant pentru că nu-mi place să spăl farfurie. " I prefer to eat at the restaurant because I don't like to wash the dishes." " La Restaurant - Dialog discutția " Ei sunt la restaurant, e ora prânzului. text/html 2025-03-27T15:42:20+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://romanian.roman-halliday.com/doku.php?id=uni:shopping&rev=1743090140&do=diff Temă U4 P45 * Acolo sunt legume și fructe proaspete. * Lactatele sunt lânga mezelurile și carnea. * În stânga este băutura: apă, suc, vin, bere. * Raftul cu șampon este în mijloc. * Orezul și zahărul sunt tot pe raftul din ?. text/html 2025-03-27T15:42:20+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://romanian.roman-halliday.com/doku.php?id=uni:simple_future&rev=1743090140&do=diff The simple form of the future in Romanian is easier than the simple past. * romanianlessons.com - Lesson 7: Future * Lots of this uses the subjunctive Past Tense Forms Present Tense + A Time Expression Present Tense: " Eu merg la birou " I go to the office." " Present Tens + Time Expression (give a point in time) text/html 2025-03-27T15:42:20+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://romanian.roman-halliday.com/doku.php?id=uni:simple_past&rev=1743090140&do=diff See Also: * Lesson 8: Past Tense - romanianlessons.com Trecutul - The Past Common construct is: <auxilliary verb> + past participle of the verb auxilliary verb Person aux negate eu am n-am tu ai n-ai el/ea a n-a noi am n-am voi/dvs ați n-ați text/html 2025-03-27T15:42:20+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://romanian.roman-halliday.com/doku.php?id=uni:subjunctive&rev=1743090140&do=diff Links * romanianlessons.com - Lesson6: Subjunctive Notes * To want to ... * To need to ... “să” + verb in present tense 3rd Person Pattern The verbs change in the third person (singular and plural). Why wouldn't they! Change Condition Example e -> ea middle of word me text/html 2025-03-27T15:42:20+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://romanian.roman-halliday.com/doku.php?id=uni:taxi&rev=1743090140&do=diff Taxi Temâ A: Adi și Crina merg la cinema B: Ei vor sâ meargă cu taxiul. C: Ei iau un taxi pentru câ e mai rapid decăt merg pe jos. D: Adresa e strada Donici numărul 1. E: Taxiul are numâr 272. F: Taxiul vine în 3 minute. G: Merg pe strada sfănta vineri. text/html 2025-03-27T15:42:20+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://romanian.roman-halliday.com/doku.php?id=uni:time&rev=1743090140&do=diff Use in conjunction with numbers What Time is it " Cât e ceasul? " What time is it" " " Ce oră e? " What time is it?" " Responses " E(ste) (ora) ... " It is (the hour) ..." " " E(ste) (ora) ... și ... (de/minute) " It is (the hour) ... and ... text/html 2025-03-27T15:42:20+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://romanian.roman-halliday.com/doku.php?id=uni:to_be&rev=1743090140&do=diff * Learn Romanian with Nico - Lesson 4: A FI (TO BE) * Learn Romanian with Nico - Lesson 8: A AVEA (TO HAVE) Also worth knowing: * Lesson 2: Subject Pronouns I, you, he, she etc... More detail: * 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. text/html 2025-03-27T15:42:20+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://romanian.roman-halliday.com/doku.php?id=uni:to_me_to_you&rev=1743090140&do=diff * Also see: simple past * Also see: pronouns in dative and genitive Pattern Person Short (past) me îmi -mi you îți -ți him/her îi -i us ne you (p) vă them le Examples " El spune " He says" " " El