Learn slang words used in school
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| INTRODUCTION |
| Michael: Slang Used by Students |
| Michael: Hi everyone, and welcome back to RomanianPod101.com. I'm Michael. |
| Anna: And I'm Anna! |
| Michael: This is Must-Know Romanian Slang Words and Phrases, Season 1, Lesson 23. In this lesson you'll learn Slang Used by Students. |
| Michael: Teenagers have their own vocabulary. Here are some slang words used in school. |
| SLANG EXPRESSIONS |
| Michael: The expressions you will be learning in this lesson are: |
| Anna: șase |
| Anna: lebădă |
| Anna: boboc |
| Anna: tufă de Veneția |
| Michael: Anna, what's our first expression? |
| Anna: șase |
| Michael: literally meaning "six-six." But, when it's used as a slang expression, it means "attention, keep watch." |
| Anna: [SLOW] șase [NORMAL] șase |
| Michael: Listeners, please repeat. |
| Anna: șase |
| [pause - 5 sec.] |
| Michael: Use this slang expression when you want to make someone be attentive, as a warning of upcoming danger, keep watch. |
| Michael: Now let's hear an example sentence. |
| Anna: [NORMAL] Șase-șase! Vine profa! [SLOW] Șase-șase! Vine profa! |
| Michael: "Attention! The teacher is coming!" |
| Anna: [NORMAL] Șase-șase! Vine profa! |
| Michael: Okay, what's the next expression? |
| Anna: lebădă |
| Michael: literally meaning "swan." But, when it's used as a slang expression, it means "the number two." |
| Anna: [SLOW] lebădă [NORMAL] lebădă |
| Michael: Listeners, please repeat. |
| Anna: lebădă |
| [pause - 5 sec.] |
| Michael: Use this slang expression when you refer to the written number two, that looks like a swan. |
| Michael: Now let's hear an example sentence. |
| Anna: [NORMAL] Cât ai luat la Mate? O lebădă? [SLOW] Cât ai luat la Mate? O lebădă? |
| Michael: "What grade did you get in Math? A two?" |
| Anna: [NORMAL] Cât ai luat la Mate? O lebădă? |
| Michael: Okay, what's our next expression? |
| Anna: boboc |
| Michael: literally meaning "bud." But, when it's used as a slang expression, it means "freshman." |
| Anna: [SLOW] boboc [NORMAL] boboc |
| Michael: Listeners, please repeat. |
| Anna: boboc |
| [pause - 5 sec.] |
| Michael: Use this slang expression when you refer to a first year student. |
| Michael: Now let's hear an example sentence. |
| Anna: [NORMAL] Uită-te la bobocii ăia ce timizi sunt! [SLOW] Uită-te la bobocii ăia ce timizi sunt! |
| Michael: "Look at how shy those freshmen are!" |
| Anna: [NORMAL] Uită-te la bobocii ăia ce timizi sunt! |
| Michael: Okay, what's the last expression? |
| Anna: tufă de Veneția |
| Michael: literally meaning "Venice bush." But, when it's used as a slang expression, it means "ignorant." |
| Anna: [SLOW] tufă de Veneția [NORMAL] tufă de Veneția |
| Michael: Listeners, please repeat. |
| Anna: tufă de Veneția |
| [pause - 5 sec.] |
| Michael: Use this slang expression when you refer to someone who doesn't know anything. It's known that Venice is full of water so bushes don't grow there. |
| Michael: Now let's hear an example sentence. |
| Anna: [NORMAL] Astăzi am fost tufă de Veneția la Română. [SLOW] Astăzi am fost tufă de Veneția la Română. |
| Michael: "I was completely ignorant at Romanian today." |
| Anna: [NORMAL] Astăzi am fost tufă de Veneția la Română. |
| QUIZ |
| Michael: Okay listeners, are you ready to be quizzed on the expressions you just learned? I will describe four situations, and you will choose the right expression to use in your reply. Are you ready? |
| Michael: You can hear students talking about their marks. |
| [pause - 5 sec.] |
| Anna: lebădă |
| Michael: "the written number two" |
| Michael: Young people warn themselves about upcoming danger. |
| [pause - 5 sec.] |
| Anna: șase |
| Michael: "attention, keep watch" |
| Michael: This is what you call a student who hasn’t studied anything. |
| [pause - 5 sec.] |
| Anna: tufă de Veneția |
| Michael: "ignorant" |
| Michael: You can use this word to refer to a student in their first year. |
| [pause - 5 sec.] |
| Anna: boboc |
| Michael: "freshman" |
Outro |
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| Michael: There you have it; you have mastered four Romanian Slang Expressions! We have more vocab lists available at RomanianPod101.com so be sure to check them out. Thanks everyone, and see you next time! |
| Anna: La revedere! |
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