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

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