Problem
What is the vocabulary? How do I ask for something? How do I understand the answer?
Answer
Vocabulary is easy. translate with google and find words on Duolingo.
English - Romanian
breakfast - mic d e j u n
butter - u n t (notice the u and t in both words)
cake - t o r t a
cakes - torturi
cheese - branza
chocolate - c i o c o l a t a
cocoa - c a c a o - notice in English .O.OA but in Romanian .A.AO
coffee - c a f e a
dessert - deserturi
eggs - oua (there should be an accent like a bowl on the a. Although I have added the Romanian alphabet or keyboard to my Macbook preferences, I don't have the letters.
fruit(s) - f r u c t, /f r u c t e
juices - s u c u r i
knives - c u t i t e
pie - p l a c i n t a
sandwiches - sandviciuri
sugar - z a h a r (bowl shape accept on second a)
teas - c e a i u r i
water - a p a
wines -vinuri
yogurts - iaurturi
Romanian - English
cu - with
c u t i t e - knives
d e s e r t - dessert
iaurturi - yogurts
m e n i u r i - menus
m i e r e - honey (like miel, French for honey)
pahare - glasses
p l a c i n t a - pie
r o s i e - red / tomatoes
s a n d v i c i u r i - sandwiches
torta - cake
torturi - cakes
usturoi - garlic
v i n u r i - wines
Do you want a newspaper while you are waiting?
z i a r e - newspapers
If you learn in Duolingo it reminds shows you the accents and if you mis one out it reminds you. The letters with accents are supplied under the box in which you type.
noi - we
N o i a v e m means we have. However, the Romanian negative, n u a v e m we don't have, sounds similar.
Tips
http://romaniatourism.com
https://www.duolingo.com/
Author
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