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Romanian pronunciation: ă, â, î, ș, ț and the rest
Romanian is written almost exactly as it is spoken, so a handful of rules let you read any word aloud. Learn the five special letters (ă, â, î, ș, ț), how c and g change before e and i, and two vowel pairs, and you can pronounce Romanian from day one.
Read the guide →Essential Romanian phrases: hello, please, thank you
Bună ziua (good day) and mulțumesc (thank you) will carry you through most of a first day in Romania. Use salut or bună with friends, bună ziua with everyone else, and add te rog or vă rog for please. Below are the phrases worth learning first, each with native audio.
Read the guide →Romanian numbers from 1 to 1,000, with audio
Romanian numbers are regular once you know the first ten: 11 to 19 add -sprezece, the tens add -zeci, and you join them with și (and). Two things to watch: one and two have a feminine form (o, două), and from 20 upwards you put de before the noun: douăzeci de lei.
Read the guide →Romanian noun cases, explained simply
Romanian has five cases, but a noun really has only three forms to learn: one for subject and object (casa), one for 'of' and 'to' (casei), and one for calling someone (Ioane!). The case shows up mostly in the definite article at the end of the noun, and in the plural it is always -lor.
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