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| Michael: Top 25 Romanian Questions You Need to Know - Lesson 20: "What's the weather like in Bucharest?" in Romanian. In each lesson of this 25 part series, you'll master a common question for Romanian learners, and then learn how to answer like a native speaker. You'll learn how these key phrases work by breaking them down into each component. Then, through repetition and new vocabulary, you'll expand your understanding of the question, its answers, and any variations. |
| In this lesson, you'll learn how to respond to the common question "What's the weather like in Bucharest?" In Romanian, this is... |
| Larisa: Cum este vremea în București? |
| Michael: The first word in the question is... |
| Larisa: cum |
| Michael: meaning "what, how" in English. |
| Larisa: (Slow) cum |
| Michael: Listen again and repeat. |
| Larisa: cum |
| {Pause} |
| Michael: This pattern of first introducing a word at natural speed, providing the translation, breaking it down, and then giving it again at natural speed will be repeated throughout the series. Try to speak aloud as often as possible. The next word in the question is- |
| Larisa: este |
| Michael: meaning "is" |
| Larisa: (Slow) este |
| Michael: Now repeat. |
| Larisa: este |
| {Pause} |
| Michael: Listen to the first two words of the question and repeat. |
| Larisa: cum este |
| {Pause} |
| Michael: And next is... |
| Larisa: vremea |
| Michael: meaning "weather" |
| Larisa: (Slow) vremea |
| Michael: Now repeat. |
| Larisa: vremea |
| {Pause} |
| Michael: Listen to the first three words of the question and repeat. |
| Larisa: Cum este vremea |
| {Pause} |
| Michael: Next is... |
| Larisa: în |
| Michael: meaning "in" |
| Larisa: (Slow) în |
| Michael: Now repeat. |
| Larisa: în |
| {Pause} |
| Michael: Listen to the first four words of the question and repeat. |
| Larisa: Cum este vremea în |
| {Pause} |
| Michael: And next is... |
| Larisa: București |
| Michael: meaning "Bucharest" |
| Larisa: (Slow) București |
| Michael: Now repeat. |
| Larisa: București |
| {Pause} |
| Michael: Listen to the entire question and repeat. |
| Larisa: Cum este vremea în București? |
| {pause} |
| Michael: You will hear this common question again and again throughout your studies. Master the following pattern and responses to the question "What's the weather like in Bucharest?" |
| Larisa: Este însorită. |
| Michael: "It's sunny." You’ll hear the phrase one more time, slowly. Repeat the phrase. |
| Larisa: (Slow) Este însorită. |
| {pause} |
| Michael: Let's break it down from the beginning. The first word is... |
| Larisa: Este |
| Michael: meaning "is" |
| Larisa: (Slow) Este |
| Michael: Now repeat. |
| Larisa: Este |
| {Pause} |
| Michael: And after that is... |
| Larisa: însorită |
| Michael: meaning "sunny." |
| Larisa: (Slow) însorită |
| Michael: Now repeat. |
| Larisa: însorită |
| {Pause} |
| Michael: Listen to the speaker say "It's sunny" and then repeat. |
| Larisa: Este însorită. |
| {Pause} |
| Michael: For a different answer, replace "sunny " with "rainy." |
| Larisa: ploioasă |
| Michael: "rainy" |
| Larisa: (slow) ploioasă (regular) ploioasă |
| Michael: Listen to the phrase again, this time with "rainy." |
| Larisa: Este ploioasă. |
| Michael: It mostly stays the same, just replace "sunny " with "rainy" Now you can try. Say "It's rainy." |
| {pause} |
| Larisa: Este ploioasă. |
| Michael: For more practice, replace "rainy" with "cold." |
| Larisa: frig |
| Michael: "cold" |
| Larisa: (slow) frig (regular) frig |
| Michael: Listen to the phrase again, this time with "cold." |
| Larisa: Este frig. |
| Michael: It’s almost the same, just replace "rainy" with "cold." Let’s practice. Say "It's cold." |
| {pause} |
| Larisa: Este frig. |
| Michael: For a different answer, replace "cold" with "cloudy." |
| Larisa: înnorat |
| Michael: "cloudy" |
| Larisa: (slow) înnorat (regular) înnorat |
| Michael: Listen to the phrase again, this time with "cloudy." |
| Larisa: Este înnorat. |
| Michael: Here we just replace "cold" with "cloudy." Say "It's cloudy." |
| {pause} |
| Larisa: Este înnorat. |
| Michael: Now it's time for a quiz. Imagine you're visiting Romania and someone asks you about the weather. You want to say it's sunny. How would you answer? |
| Larisa: Cum este vremea în București? (five seconds) Este însorită. |
| Michael: Now you want to say it's cloudy. Respond to the question. |
| Larisa: Cum este vremea în București? (five seconds) Este înnorat. |
| Michael: You want to say it's cold. Answer the speaker's question. |
| Larisa: Cum este vremea în București? (five seconds) Este frig. |
| Michael: You want to say it's rainy. What would you say? |
| Larisa: Cum este vremea în București? (five seconds) Este ploioasă. |
| Michael: You want to ask someone what the weather is like. Ask the question. |
| (5 seconds) |
| Larisa: Cum este vremea în București? |
| {pause} |
| Michael: This is the end of Lesson 20. |
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