Conversation

1. da - yes
2. nu - no
3. buna - hello
4. pa - goodbye
5. buna dimineata - good morning
6. buna seara - good evening
7. multumesc - thank you
8. te rog - please
9. te rog frumos - please (with emphasis)
10. cu placere - with pleasure ("you are welcome")
11. cu respect - respectfully, as in a letter closing
12. noroc - cheers, actually means "good luck", how men salute one another
13. ce mai faci? - How are you doing?
14. ce mai faceţi domnule? - How are you doing, sir?
15. ce mai faceţi doamnă? - How are you doing, maam?
16. bine - OK; good; alright (agreement)
17. foarte bine - very good
18. excelent - excellent
19. aşa şi-aşa - so so

Questions

1. cine - who?
2. cine e la telefon? - who's on the telephone?
3. cine este la telefon? - who is on the telephone?
4. cine a fost la telefon? - who was on the telephone?
5. cine este la usa? - who is at the door?
6. cum - how?
7. cum te simţi - how are you feeling?
8. ce? - what? (not polite)
9. poftim? - what? (polite)
10. ce faci? - what are you doing?
11. unde - where?
12. unde mergi? - where are you going?
13. unde mergi acum? - where are you going now?
14. când? - when?
15. din ce oras esti? - What town are you from?
16. de undi esti? - Where are you from?

Numbers

1. zero - zero
2. unu - one
3. doi - two
4. trei - three
5. patru - four
6. cinci - five
7. şase - six
8. şapte - seven
9. opt - eight
10. noua - nine
11. zece - ten

Descriptors

1. bun - good (masculine)
2. buna - good (feminine)
3. rău - bad (masculine)
4. rea - bad (feminine)

Names

1. andrei - andrew (pronounce as "undray")
2. domnul - mister
3. domnişoară - miss
4. pufi - sweetheart
5. pufosule - bigger pufi

Misc phrases

1. mi-e foame - I am hungry.
2. mi-e sete - I am thirsty.
3. mi-e cald - I am hot.
4. mi-e frig - I am cold.
5. mi-e bine - I am OK.
6. m-am Întors - I have returned.
7. sunt răcit - I have a cold.
8. uite soluţiile - Here are the solutions.
9. poftim - here you are
10. ma dau jos la tine - I am coming down to get you.
11. fii cuminte - be good
12. sunt un student foarte bun - "I am a very good student"
13. sunt un student excelent - "I am an excellent student"
14. sunt un student extraordinar - "I am an extraordinary student"
15. eşti un professor foarte bun - "You are a very good professor" (to a man)
16. eşti o profesoara foarte buna - "You are a very good professor" (to a woman)
17. eşti o profesoara excelenta - "You are an excellent professor" (to a woman)
18. eşti o profesoara extraordinara - "You are an excellent professor" (to a woman)
19. Vin din Bucuresti - I'm coming from Bucharest.
20. Sunt din Bucuresti - I'm from Bucharest.
21. Studiez (limbre) romano - I study Romanian (language)
22. invat - I am learning
23. Nu mai sunt stresat - I'm not stressed anymore
24. imi place parfumul tau - I like your perfume

Misc words

1. mare - large, great
2. puţin - little (prounounced 'putzin')
3. invatare automata - machine learning
4. perete - wall
5. leu - (1) Romanian unit of currency; (2) lion
6. bere - beer
7. vin - wine
8. urat - ugly
9. ţuică - Romanian brandy
10. ieri - yesterday
11. nicăieri - nowhere
12. aşa de mult - so much
13. cercetare - research
14. cercetator - researcher
15. eu sunt cercetator - I am a researcher.
16. eu sunt un cercetator foarte bun. I am a very good researcher.
17. buf - the sound of something squishing
18. parfum - perfume

Words that are the same (or almost the same)

1. film - film
2. robot - robot
3. inteligent - intelligent
4. proces - process
5. tenis - tennis
6. fotbal - football
7. perfect - perfect
8. exact - exactly
9. identic - identical
10. cancer - cancer
11. credit - credit
12. debit - debit
13. plus - plus
14. minus - minus
15. expert - expert
16. computer - computer
17. monitor - monitor

Pronunciation

• ş = sh
• A = AY
• ă = a
• â, Î = uh (like in "kynd")
• ce or ci, c is like ch (c followed by anything else, c is like k)
• che = ke
• chi = ki