Problem
How to remember Romanian words for food and cutlery?
Answer
Look for similarities.
Tips
The comma or cedilla under a t turns it into a ts sound as in cats, lots, knots, pots, tots, what's.
The comma under the s turns the sound into SH.
Romanian - English
banana - banana
c u t i t - knife
furculiţă - fork
l i n g u r a - spoon
lingurita - teaspoon
servetel - serviette or napkin
English - Romanian
banana - banana
fork - furculiţă
knife - c u t i t
Napkin/serviette - servetel
spoon - lingura
teaspoon - lingurita (think of a little spoon, adding i t a, like señorita like a little señora )
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Angela Lansbury, travel writer and photographer. author and speaker, teacher of English and learner and teacher of other languages.
How to remember Romanian words for food and cutlery?
Answer
Look for similarities.
Tips
The comma or cedilla under a t turns it into a ts sound as in cats, lots, knots, pots, tots, what's.
The comma under the s turns the sound into SH.
Romanian - English
banana - banana
c u t i t - knife
furculiţă - fork
l i n g u r a - spoon
lingurita - teaspoon
servetel - serviette or napkin
English - Romanian
banana - banana
fork - furculiţă
knife - c u t i t
Napkin/serviette - servetel
spoon - lingura
teaspoon - lingurita (think of a little spoon, adding i t a, like señorita like a little señora )
To learn Romanian and other languages go to
www.duolingo.com
Free language learning website.
For tourism information see
www.romaniatourism.com
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