Complaining in Romanian
Complaining-basic functional units
România Internațional, 13.12.2015, 12:00
Making friends with a Romanian mature person might entail sharing some intimacy with that person. If you happen to be the parent of a child in her or his early teens, you cannot help complaining a little bit about them, in a conversation with your fellow Romanian. In this lesson, youll be exposed to the language of informal complaints in Romanian.
As usual, we start with several useful words and phrases:
Dupa-amiaza=afternoon
Petrece=spend
In fata=in front of
In casa=indoors
Virsta=age
Timp liber=spare time
A se juca=play
Verisor, verisoara=cousin
Prieten, prietena=friend
Adolescent, adolescenta=teenager
Citi=read
Now let us use some of the words in meaningful communicative patterns:
Baiatul meu de 12 ani isi petrece toate dupa-amiezele in fata computerului.
My 13-year old boy spends all his afternoons in front of the computer.
As fi vrut sa nu fi stat atit de mult in casa.
I wish he didnt spend so much time indoors.
La virsta lui, in timpul liber eu ma jucam cu verisoarele si cu prietenele mele.
When I was his age, in my spare time I used to play with my cousins and friends.
Fata mea este adolescenta. Indata ce vine de la scoala si pina noaptea tirziu, sta pe Facebook.
My daughter is a teenager. As soon as she comes home from school and until late at night, she is on Facebook.
As fi vrut sa ii placa sa citeasca.
I wish she liked reading.
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