Free Romanian A1 lesson · Unit 1
De unde ești?
Where are you from?
This is a free preview lesson from Learn Romanian Hub. It teaches 13 essential Romanian words and phrases from Unit 1, Hello! First words, of the CEFR A1 course (about 13 minutes). Below are the lesson's dialogue with native audio, a few practice questions, and every word with its Romanian spelling, pronunciation and an example sentence. Create a free account to do the full interactive lesson, with all its exercises, speaking with pronunciation feedback, and spaced-repetition review.
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- Alina
Bună! De unde ești?
Hi! Where are you from?
- Emil
Sunt din România. Tu?
I'm from Romania. You?
- Alina
Eu sunt americancă. Din New York.
I'm American. From New York.
- Emil
Ah! Ești americancă. Eu sunt român.
Ah! You're American. I'm Romanian.
- Alina
Și ea? De unde este?
And her? Where is she from?
- Emil
Ea este englezoaică. Din Londra.
She's English. From London.
- Alina
Interesant! Mulțumesc, Emil.
Interesting! Thank you, Emil.
- Emil
Cu plăcere! La revedere!
My pleasure! Goodbye!
Vocabulary in this lesson
- țară/ˈtsɑ.rə/— country
Sunt din această țară. — I'm from this country.
- oraș/oˈraʃ/— city; town
Bucureștiul este un oraș mare. — Bucharest is a big city.
- român/roˈmɨn/— Romanian (man)
El este român. — He is Romanian.
- româncă/roˈmɨn.kə/— Romanian (woman)
Ea este româncă. — She is Romanian.
- american/a.meˈri.kan/— American (man)
El este american. — He is American.
- americancă/a.me.riˈkan.kə/— American (woman)
Ea este americancă. — She is American.
- englez/enˈɡlez/— English (man)
El este englez. — He is English.
- englezoaică/en.ɡle.zoˈai.kə/— English (woman)
Ea este englezoaică. — She is English.
- francez/franˈt͡ʃez/— French (man)
El este francez. — He is French.
- franțuzoaică/fran.t͡su.zoˈai.kə/— French (woman)
Ea este franțuzoaică. — She is French.
- sunt/sunt/— I am; they are
Sunt din România. — I am from Romania.
- ești/eʃtʲ/— you are
De unde ești? — Where are you from?
- este/ˈes.te/— he/she/it is
Ea este englezoaică. — She is English.
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