Learn the question Do you like Romanian food? in Romanian and how to answer it
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| Michael: Top 25 Romanian Questions You Need to Know - Lesson 9: "Do you like Romanian food?" 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 "Do you like Romanian food?" In Romanian this is... |
| Larisa: Îți place mâncarea românească? |
| Michael: The first word in the question is... |
| Larisa: îți |
| Michael: meaning "do you" in English. |
| Larisa: (Slow) îți |
| Michael: Listen again and repeat. |
| Larisa: îți |
| {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: place |
| Michael: meaning "like" |
| Larisa: (Slow) place |
| Michael: Now repeat. |
| Larisa: place |
| {Pause} |
| Michael: Listen to the first two words of the question and repeat. |
| Larisa: îți place |
| {Pause} |
| Michael: And after that we have |
| Larisa: mâncarea |
| Michael: meaning "food" |
| Larisa: (Slow) mâncarea |
| Michael: Now repeat. |
| Larisa: mâncarea |
| Michael: Listen to the first three words of the question and repeat. |
| {Pause} |
| Larisa: îți place mâncarea |
| {Pause} |
| Michael: And next is... |
| Larisa: românească |
| Michael: meaning "Romanian" |
| Larisa: (Slow) românească |
| Michael: Now repeat. |
| Larisa: românească |
| {Pause} |
| Michael: Listen to the entire question and repeat. |
| Larisa: Îți place mâncarea românească? |
| {pause} |
| Michael: You will hear this common question again and again throughout your studies. Master the following pattern and responses to the question "Do you like Romanian food?" |
| Larisa: Da, în special îmi plac sarmalele. |
| Michael: "Yes, I especially like cabbage rolls." You’ll hear it again, slowly. Repeat the phrase. |
| Larisa: (Slow) Da, în special îmi plac sarmalele. |
| {pause} |
| Michael: Let's break it down from the beginning. The first word is... |
| Larisa: Da |
| Michael: meaning "yes" |
| Larisa: (Slow) Da |
| Michael: Now repeat. |
| Larisa: Da |
| {Pause} |
| Michael: Next is... |
| Larisa: în special |
| Michael: meaning "especially." |
| Larisa: (Slow) în special |
| Michael: Now repeat. |
| Larisa: în special |
| {Pause} |
| Michael: And after that... |
| Larisa: îmi |
| Michael: meaning "I" |
| Larisa: (Slow) îmi |
| Michael: Now repeat. |
| Larisa: îmi |
| {Pause} |
| Michael: And next is... |
| Larisa: plac |
| Michael: meaning "like" |
| Larisa: (Slow) plac |
| Michael: Now repeat. |
| Larisa: plac |
| {Pause} |
| Michael: And last, |
| Larisa: sarmalele |
| Michael: which is "cabbage rolls" |
| Larisa: (Slow) sarmalele |
| Michael: Now repeat. |
| Larisa: sarmalele |
| {Pause} |
| Michael: Listen to the speaker say "Yes, I especially like cabbage rolls." and then repeat. |
| Larisa: Da, în special îmi plac sarmalele. |
| {Pause} |
| Michael: For more practice, replace "cabbage rolls" with "stuffed bell peppers." |
| Larisa: ardei umpluți |
| Michael: "stuffed bell peppers" |
| Larisa: (slow) ardei umpluți (regular) ardei umpluți |
| Michael: Listen to the phrase again, this time with "stuffed bell peppers." |
| Larisa: Da, în special îmi plac ardeii umpluți. |
| Michael: It’s almost the same. Simply replace "cabbage rolls" with "stuffed bell peppers." Now try. Say "Yes, I especially like stuffed bell peppers." |
| {pause} |
| Larisa: Da, în special îmi plac ardeii umpluți. |
| Michael: Let’s try another and replace "stuffed bell peppers" with "Moldovan meatball." |
| Larisa: chiftele moldovenești |
| Michael: "Moldovan meatball" |
| Larisa: (slow) chiftele moldovenești (regular) chiftele moldovenești |
| Michael: Listen to the phrase again, this time with "Moldovan meatball." |
| Larisa: Da, în special îmi plac chiftelele moldovenești. |
| Michael: Again, it mostly stays the same. We just replace "stuffed bell peppers" with "Moldovan meatball." Now say, "Yes, I especially like Moldovan meatball." |
| {pause} |
| Larisa: Da, în special îmi plac chiftelele moldovenești. |
| Michael: To use a different phrase, replace "Moldovan meatball" with "vegetable dip." |
| Larisa: zacuscă |
| Michael: "vegetable dip" |
| Larisa: (slow) zacuscă (regular) zacuscă |
| Michael: Listen to the phrase again, this time with "vegetable dip." |
| Larisa: Da, în special îmi place zacusca. |
| Michael: Here we just replace "Moldovan meatball" with "vegetable dip." Now let’s practice. Say "Yes, I especially like vegetable dip." |
| {pause} |
| Larisa: Da, în special îmi place zacusca. |
| Michael: If you don’t like Romanian food, you can say "no" in a simple way by saying |
| Larisa: Nu, nu îmi place. |
| Michael: This is like saying "No, I don't." in English. Let's hear it slowly. |
| Larisa: (Slowly) Nu, nu îmi place. |
| Michael: And one more time at normal speed. |
| Larisa: Nu, nu îmi place. |
| Michael: Now it's time for a quiz. Imagine you're visiting Romania and someone asks if you like Romanian food. You want to answer that you especially like cabbage rolls. How can you answer? |
| Larisa: Îți place mâncarea românească? (five seconds) Da, în special îmi plac sarmalele. |
| Michael: Now you want to say that you especially like vegetable dip. What do you say? |
| Larisa: Îți place mâncarea românească? (five seconds) Da, în special îmi place zacusca. |
| Michael: You want to say that you especially like Moldovan meatballs. Answer the speaker's question. |
| Larisa: Îți place mâncarea românească? (five seconds) Da, în special îmi plac chiftelele moldovenești. |
| Michael: You want to say that you especially like stuffed bell peppers. Respond to the question. |
| Larisa: Îți place mâncarea românească? (five seconds) Da, în special îmi plac ardeii umpluți. |
| Michael: Now you want to ask someone if they like Romanian food. Ask the question. |
| (5 seconds) |
| Larisa: Îți place mâncarea românească? |
| {pause} |
| Michael: Now it's time to answer the question. |
| Larisa: Îți place mâncarea românească? |
| {pause} |
| Michael: This is the end of Lesson 9. |
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