Easy Romanian Words

Problem
How do you learn simple and useful words fast? D u o l i n go does not start with the basic conversational words.

Answer
I searched online for easy everyday phrases and up popped the Wikitravel site.
From this I selected those words which are similar to English and easy to remember.

English - Romanian
pharmacy (UK) / drugstore (USA) - farmacie
doctor - doctor
food - alimentara
hello - salut (looks like salute)
no - nu (pronounced n o o)
police - politie
street - strada
theatre - teatru
train line - metro
toilet - toaleta
yes - da (same as the Russian)

Romanian - English
alimentara - food
da - yes
doctor - doctor
farmacie - pharmacy / drugstore
metrou - train subway (similar sound and spelling to the French Metro)
nu - no
politie - police
salut - hello
strada - street
tetra - theater
toaleta - toilet / w.c. (USA bathroom or restroom)
Sunday
duminică (doo-MEEN-ee-kuh)
Monday
luni (loohn)
Tuesday
marţi (mahrtz)
Wednesday
miercuri (mee-EHR-coor)
Thursday
joi (zhoy)
Friday
vineri (vee-NEHR)
Saturday
sâmbătă (SUHM-bah-tah)
Months[edit]
January
ianuarie (ya-NWAH-ree-eh)
February
februarie (FEB-RWAH-ree-eh)
March
martie (MAR-tee-eh)
April
aprilie (ah-PREEL-ee-eh)
May
mai (my)
June
iunie (YOO-nee-eh)
July
iulie (YOO-lee-eh)
August
august (ow-GOOST)
September
septembrie (sehp-TEHM-bree-eh)
October
octombrie (ohk-TOHM-bree-eh)
November
noiembrie (noy-EHM-bree-eh); alt. novembrie (no-VEHM-bryeh)
December
de
http://wikitravel.org/en/Romanian_phrasebook

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