ÿþ<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"> <html> <head> <BASE HREF="http://www.rapido.org.uk/greetings.html"> <meta charset=iso-8859-2> <title>Romanian Greetings</title> </head> <body bgcolor="#333333" text="#FFFFFF" link="0099FF" alink="#0066FF" vlink="#0066FF" topmargin="0" bottommargin="0" leftmargin="0" rightmargin="0"> <table align=center width="100%" cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0> <tr> <td><center><h1>Greetings</h1></center></td> </tr> </table> <table align=center width="60%" cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0> <tr> <td align=center><font size=4>Hello - Bun</font></td> </tr> <tr> <td align=center><font size=4>Greetings - Salut</font></td> </tr> <tr> <td align=center><font size=4>Good day - Bun ziua</font></td> </tr> <tr> <td align=center><font size=4>Good morning - Bun dimineaca</font></td> </tr> <tr> <td align=center><font size=4>Good evening - Bun seara</font></td> </tr> <tr> <td align=center><font size=4>Good night - Noapte bun</font></td> </tr> <tr> <td align=center><font size=4>'Bye - Pa</font></td> </tr> <tr> <td align=center><font size=4>Goodbye - La revedere</font></td> </tr> <tr> <td align=center><font size=4>See you soon - Pe curând</font></td> </tr> </table> <br> <table align=center width="60%" cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 border=1> <tr> <th>English</td> <th>Romanian</td> <th>Pronunciation</td> </tr> <tr> <td align=center>How are you?</td> <td align=center>Ce mai faceci? (formal or plural)<br> Ce mai faci? <i>or</i> Ce faci? (informal singular)</td> <td align=center>cheh my fah-chehts?<br> cheh my fahch?<br> cheh fahch?</td> </tr> <tr> <td align=center>What is your name?</td> <td align=center>Cum v numici? (formal or plural)<br> Cum te nume_ti? <i>or</i> Cum te cheam (informal singular) </td> <td align=center>koom vuh noo-meets<br> koom teh noo-mesht<br> koom teh ka-muh</td> </tr> <tr> <td align=center>Where are you from?</td> <td align=center>De unde sunteci (formal or plural)<br>De unde e_ti? (informal singular)</td> </td> <td align=center>deh oon-deh soon-tehts<br>deh oon-deh yesht</td> </tr> <tr> <td align=center>Where do you live?</td> <td align=center>Unde locuici? (formal or plural)<br> Unde locuie_ti? (informal singular)</td> </td> <td align=center>oon-deh loh-coo-eets<br> oon-deh loh-cwee-ehsht?</td> </tr> <tr> <td align=center>How old are you?<br> <b>Literally:</b> How many years do you have?</td> <td align=center>Câci ani aveci? (formal or plural)<br> Câci ani ai? (informal singular)</td> </td> <td align=center>cehwts ahn ahvehts?<br> cehwts ahn eye?</td> </tr> </table> <table align=center width="60%" cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 border=1> <br> <tr> <th colspan=3>"How are you?" Responses</th> </tr> <tr> <th>English</td> <th>Romanian</td> <th>Pronunciation</td> </tr> <tr> <td align=center>(I'm) well, thank you, and you?<br> (I'm) well<br> (I'm) very well<br> So-so<br> Not well</td> <td align=center>Bine, mulcumesc, _i tu?<br> Bine<br> Foarte bine<br> A_a _i a_a<br> Nu bine</td> <td align=center>bee-neh, mool-tsoo-mehsc, shee too?<br> bee-neh<br> fwahr-teh bee-neh<br> ah-sha shee ah-sha<br> noo bee-neh</td> </table> <table align=center width="60%" cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 border=1> <br> <tr> <th colspan=3>"What is your name?" Responses</th> </tr> <tr> <th>English</th> <th>Romanian</th> <th>Pronunciation</th> </tr> <tr> <td align=center>My name is</td> <td align=center>Numele meu e...<br> M cheam...<br>Ma numesc</td> <td align=center>noo-meh-leh meh'oo ye...<br> Muh kamuh...<br>mah noo-mehsk</td> </tr> </table> <table align=center width="60%" cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 border=1> <br> <tr> <th colspan=3>"Where are you from?" Responses</th> </tr> <tr> <th>English</td> <th>Romanian</td> <th>Pronunciation</td> </tr> <tr> <td align=center>I'm from...</td> <td align=center>(Sunt) din...</td> <td align=center>(soont) deen...<br> </tr> </table> <br> <table align=center width="60%" cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 border=1> <tr> <th colspan=3>"Where do you live?" Responses</th> </tr> <tr> <th>English</td> <th>Romanian</td> <th>Pronunciation</td> </tr> <tr> <td align=center>I live in...</td> <td align=center>Locuiesc în...</td> <td align=center>loh-cwee-ehsc ehwn...<br> </tr> </table> <br> <table align=center width="60%" cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 border=1> <tr> <th colspan=3>"How old are you?" Responses</th> </tr> <tr> <th>English</td> <th>Romanian</td> <th>Pronunciation</td> </tr> <tr> <td align=center>I am ___ years old</td> <td align=center>Eu am ___ ani</td> <td align=center>eh'oo ahm ___ ahn<br> </tr> </table> <br> <font color="red"><u><b>Note:</b></u></font> In Romanian, plural forms are always used when speaking to someone in a formal manner; singular forms are used otherwise, where there is just one person. <p> <table align=center cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0> <tr> <td align=center><h2><a href="pronunciation.html">Previous</a> <a href="expressions.html">Next</a><br><a href="index.htm">Home</a></td> </tr> </table> This page last updated 13th November 2008. </body></html>