Learn how to use the verbs "to like" and "to love" in Romanian
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| Bună tuturor! Sunt Raluca. Hi everybody! I’m Raluca. |
| Welcome to RomanianPod101.com’s Româna în 3 minute. The fastest, easiest, and most fun way to learn Romanian. |
| In the last lesson, you learned how to use the verb a face which means "to do" in Romanian. |
| In this lesson, you will learn how to use a place and a iubi. |
| A place means “to like” and a iubi means “to love” in Romanian, so in this lesson we are going to talk about how to use these correctly. |
| Imagine you are in a restaurant with a friend, and she asks you ¿Îți place brânza? |
| This means "Do you like cheese?" |
| So supposing you like it, you can reply Da, îmi place. meaning “Yes, I like it”. |
| [slowly] Da, îmi place. |
| Let’s break down this answer. |
| First we had- |
| Da which is simply "Yes." |
| Then îmi which means “I”, and place meaning “like”. |
| Remember that in Romanian the pronouns are omitted most of the time. However for the verb place, you always have to put a pronoun before it. This special verb doesn’t conjugate according to the sentence’s subject but rather the object. |
| Îmi place is “I like.” |
| Îți place is “You like.” |
| Le place is “He/She/It likes.” |
| Ne place is “We like.” |
| Vă place is “You (plural) like.” |
| Le place is “They like.” |
| Now, to express that you "love" something or someone, then you would use the verb a iubi meaning “to love.” |
| It is the perfect verb to use when talking about something you really love or about the person you are in love with. Here, you would use iubesc, the conjugated form of a iubi for the first person singular. |
| Te iubesc means “I love you”. |
| Le iubesc means “I love them (feminine) |
| Îi iubesc means “I love them”(masculine) |
| Be careful! In the examples, you can hear the same structure as the verb a place, but this time, the pronouns right before iubesc would be the object of your love. |
| Now it’s time for Raluca’s Insights. |
| Note that in Romanian we use the verb a iubi to express "love" towards people and things as well. So you could also use the verb a iubi if you want to insist on the fact that you love or appreciate something. For example: ¡Iubesc vacanțele! This means "I enjoy the holidays!" |
| In this lesson, you learned how to use the verbs a place and a iubi. Next time you’ll learn about the verb a veni. Do you know what this verb means? I’ll be waiting for you with the answer in the next Româna în 3 minute lesson. Pe curând! See you soon! |
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