ÿþ<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"> <html> <head> <BASE HREF="http://www.rapido.org.uk/vocabulary1.html"> <meta charset=iso-8859-2> <title>Romanian Basic Vocabulary Words</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>Basic Vocabulary Words</h1></center></td> </tr> </table> <table align=center width=60% cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0> <tr> <td>To start off, I have some vocabulary words for you to learn. Study them, and memorize them well. Also, when looking at the word and translation, think of the Romanian word as a picture rather than the English word of it. It helps to become more fluent later on :). Un = indefinite article for masculine words; o = indefinite article for feminine words. Doi = 2 masculine, dou = 2 feminine</td> </tr> </table> <br> <table align=center width=60% cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0> <tr> <td>a man - <b>un om</b><br> two men - <b>doi oameni</b><br> a woman - <b>o femeie</b><br> two women - <b>dou femei</b><br> a boy - <b>un biat</b><br> two boys - <b>doi bieti</b><br> a girl - <b>o fat</b><br> two girls - <b>dou fete</b><br> a friend - <b>un prieten</b><br> two friends - <b>doi prieteni</b><br> a house - <b>o cas</b><br> two houses - <b>dou case</b><br> a table - <b>o mas</b><br> two tables - <b>dou mese</b><br> a chair - <b>un scaun</b><br> two chairs - <b>dou scaune</b><br> a window - <b>o fereastr</b><br> two windows - <b>dou ferestre</b><br> a room - <b>o camer</b><br> two rooms - <b>dou camere</b><br> a book - <b>o carte</b><br> two books - <b>dou crci</b><br> a pencil - <b>un creion</b><br> two pencils - <b>dou creioane</b><br> a pen - <b>un stilou</b><br> two pens - <b>dou stilouri</b><br> a ball - <b>o minge</b><br> two balls - <b>dou mingi</b><br> <br> here - <b>aici</b><br> there - <b>acolo</b><br> now - <b>acum</b><br> then - <b>atunci</b><br> today - <b>azi</b><br> tomorrow - <b>maine</b><br> good - <b>bun (when talking about a thing)</b><br> good/well - <b>bine (when talking about the status of somebody or a situation)</b><br> bad - <b>ru</b><br> smart - <b>de_tept</b><br> intelligent - <b>inteligent</b><br> ignorant - <b>ignorant</b><br> stupid - <b>prost</b><br> </tr> </table> <br><center> <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.</center> <p> <table align=center width=60% cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0> <tr> <td align=center><br><h2><a href="pronouns.html">Previous</a> <a href="numbers.html">Next</a><br><a href="index.htm">Home</a></td> </tr> </table> This page last updated 9th February 2009.</body></html>