Romanian Nouns
Welcome to the third Romanian lesson about nouns. This time we will first learn about fruits and vegetables, followed by grammar rules, then food items, finally a conversation in Romanian to help you practice your daily phrases.
potatoes  cartofi | tomatoes roşii | onions ceapă | carrots morcovi |
fruits fructe | apples mere | bananas banane | oranges portocale |
Nouns Grammar Rules
In general nouns refer to a person, an object, or abstract ideas. For example: a fast runner the noun is [runner] because it refers to a person. The examples below use nouns in different ways and places to demonstrate how they behave in a sentence.
| Grammar + Rules | Romanian |
|---|---|
| do you have milk? [verb + noun] | aveţi lapte? |
| I have milk and coffee [preposition + noun] | am lapte şi cafea |
| he has three apples [number + plural noun] | el are trei mere |
| she only has one apple [number + singular noun] | ea are doar un singur măr |
| we live in a small house [adjective + noun] | locuim într-o casă mică |
| I like our breakfast [pronoun + noun] | îmi place micul nostru dejun |
The following are nouns of food items that you might be interested in learning and memorizing.
bread pâine | milk lapte | butter unt | cheese brânză |
coffee cafea | sandwich sandwich | meat carne | chicken pui |
fish peşte | breakfast mic dejun | lunch prânz | dinner cină |
Conversation in Romanian
Now we finally reach the fun part, the practice of the daily conversations. These phrases are used to get to know new people, and break the ice.
| English | Romanian |
|---|---|
| Do you speak (English/ Romanian)? | vorbiţi engleza/româna? |
| Just a little | puţin |
| I like Romanian | îmi place româna |
| Can I practice with you? | putem să practicăm împreună? |
| How old are you? | câţi ani aveţi/ce vârstă aveţi? |
| I'm thirty three years old | am treizeci şi trei de ani |
| It was nice talking to you | mi-a făcut plăcere |
I hope you enjoyed this lesson about the nouns in Romanian. If you have any question about this lesson please contact me here. Now check the next lesson below.
| Romanian Plural |
Inspirational Quote: A coward gets scared and quits. A hero gets scared, but still goes on. |