Learn the question Where do you live? in Romanian and how to answer it
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| Michael: Top 25 Romanian Questions You Need to Know - Lesson 3: "Where do you live?" 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 "Where do you live?" In Romanian this is... |
| Larisa: Tu unde locuiești? |
| Michael: The first word of this question is... |
| Larisa: tu |
| Michael: meaning "you" in English. |
| Larisa: (Slow) tu |
| Michael: Listen again and repeat. |
| Larisa: tu |
| {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: unde |
| Michael: meaning "where" |
| Larisa: (Slow) unde |
| Michael: Now repeat. |
| Larisa: unde |
| {Pause} |
| Michael: Listen to the first two words of the question and repeat. |
| Larisa: tu unde |
| {Pause} |
| Michael: Next is... |
| Larisa: locuiești |
| Michael: meaning "live" |
| Larisa: (Slow) locuiești |
| Michael: Now repeat. |
| Larisa: locuiești |
| {Pause} |
| Michael: Listen to the entire question and repeat. |
| Larisa: Tu unde locuiești? |
| {pause} |
| Michael: You'll hear this common question again and again throughout your studies. Master the following pattern and responses to the question "Where do you live?" |
| Larisa: Eu locuiesc în New York. |
| Michael: "I live in New York." This phrase will be repeated, slowly. Listen again and repeat the phrase. |
| Larisa: (Slow) Eu locuiesc în New York. |
| {pause} |
| Michael: Let's break it down from the beginning. The first word is... |
| Larisa: Eu |
| Michael: meaning "I" |
| Larisa: (Slow) Eu |
| Michael: Now repeat. |
| Larisa: Eu |
| {Pause} |
| Michael: Next is... |
| Larisa: locuiesc |
| Michael: meaning "live." |
| Larisa: (Slow) locuiesc |
| Michael: Now repeat. |
| Larisa: locuiesc |
| {Pause} |
| Michael: Next is... |
| Larisa: în |
| Michael: meaning "in." |
| Larisa: (Slow) în |
| Michael: Now repeat. |
| Larisa: în |
| {Pause} |
| Michael: And last is... |
| Larisa: New York |
| Michael: which is "New York." |
| Larisa: (Slow) New York |
| Michael: Now repeat. |
| Larisa: New York |
| {Pause} |
| Michael: Listen to the speaker say "I live in New York." and then repeat. |
| Larisa: Eu locuiesc în New York. |
| {Pause} |
| Michael: To expand on the pattern, replace "New York" with "London." |
| Larisa: Londra |
| Michael: "London" |
| Larisa: (slow) Londra (regular) Londra |
| Michael: Listen to the phrase again, this time with "London." |
| Larisa: Eu locuiesc în Londra. |
| Michael: It mostly stays the same, just replace the phrase "New York." Now say "I live in London." |
| {pause} |
| Larisa: Eu locuiesc în Londra. |
| Michael: For more practice, replace "London" with "Bucharest." |
| Larisa: București |
| Michael: "Bucharest" |
| Larisa: (slow) București (regular) București |
| Michael: Listen to the phrase again, this time with "Bucharest." |
| Larisa: Eu locuiesc în București. |
| Michael: Again, it mostly stays the same. Simply replace "London" with "Bucharest." Say, "I live in Bucharest." |
| {pause} |
| Larisa: Eu locuiesc în București. |
| Michael: Let’s try one more. Replace "Bucharest" with "Tokyo." |
| Larisa: Tokio |
| Michael: "Tokyo" |
| Larisa: (slow) Tokio (regular) Tokio |
| Michael: Listen to the phrase again, this time with "Tokyo." |
| Larisa: Eu locuiesc în Tokio. |
| Michael: Again, all you have to do is replace "Bucharest" with "Tokyo." Say "I live in Tokyo." |
| {pause} |
| Larisa: Eu locuiesc în Tokio. |
| Michael: Now it's time for a quiz. Imagine you're visiting Romania and someone asks you where you live. You live in New York. How would you respond? |
| Larisa: Tu unde locuiești? (five seconds) Eu locuiesc în New York. |
| Michael: Imagine you live in Tokyo. Respond to the question. |
| Larisa: Tu unde locuiești? (five seconds) Eu locuiesc în Tokio. |
| Michael: Now imagine you live in Bucharest. Answer the speaker's question. |
| Larisa: Tu unde locuiești? (five seconds) Eu locuiesc în București. |
| Michael: Imagine you live in London. How would you answer? |
| Larisa: Tu unde locuiești? (five seconds) Eu locuiesc în Londra. |
| Michael: Now you want to ask that person where they live. Ask them the question. |
| (5 seconds) |
| Larisa: Tu unde locuiești? |
| {pause} |
| Michael: Now it's time to answer the question with actual information about yourself. |
| Larisa: Tu unde locuiești? |
| {pause} |
| Michael: Did you answer? Keep practicing until you’ve mastered the phrase! This is the end of Lesson 3. |
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