Learn how to use the phrase, "Do you speak English?"
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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, we learned the most common greetings in Romanian. Do you remember them? |
| In this lesson we’re going to learn a very useful phrase: “Do you speak English?” |
| If you’re in a situation where you need help in English, this phrase can be a lifesaver. |
| Here's the formal way to say it. |
| ¿Vorbiți engleza? |
| [slowly] Vorbiți engleza? |
| Again, this means: Do you speak English? |
| The word vorbiți is a form of the verb a vorbi, which means “to speak”. |
| A vorbi is known as an i-verb, because it ends in “-i”. Most i-verbs conjugate in a similar way. |
| We will show you how to properly conjugate I verbs, like a vorbi, in future series at RomanianPod101.com. |
| Now, let’s make this sentence informal. This is done by adding ești to the end of a vorbi, after you cut the last vowel, -i. |
| When we do that, we get:Vorbești. |
| All together: |
| Vorbești engleza? |
| [slowly] Vorbești engleza? |
| This is the informal way to ask “Do you speak English?” |
| The responses you receive could be one of these three: |
| Da, vorbesc engleza. meaning "Yes, I speak English." |
| [slowly] Da. |
| Da, vorbesc puțin. meaning "Yes, I speak a little." |
| [slowly] Pu-țin. |
| Nu, nu vorbesc engleza. meaning "No, I don’t speak English." |
| [slowly] Nu, nu vor-besc en-gle-za. |
| In all of these, vorbesc means “I speak”. |
| In the last one, we have Nu vorbesc, which is the negative form. It means “I don’t speak”. |
| Now it’s time for Raluca’s Insight. |
| If you want to ask about a different language, just change the word engleza. Here are some language names to get your started: |
| Italiana for Italian. |
| Rusa for Russian. |
| Franceza for French. |
| Germana for German. |
| Do you know how to say “I’m sorry” in Romanian? In the next lesson, you’ll learn how to apologize and more! |
| Pe curând! See you soon! |
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