Conversation warmers – continued

Questions used to warm up a conversation in Romanian

România Internațional, 27.03.2016, 12:00

There are many ways to warm up a conversation in Romanian, ranging from set phrases or expressions to lengthy, complex questions, inviting your prospective interlocutor to develop on a certain topic as he is spoken to. Today we you will be exposed to some of the most frequent such questions you may find useful in a conversation with a Romanian native speaker.

Here is a series of basic words and phrases:

Striga=scream

Sport=sport

Calatori=travel

Neobisnuit/nebunesc=crazy

Cel mai neobisnuit=craziest

Important=great

Cel mai important=greatest

A intilni pe cineva/a face cunostinta cu cineva= to meet someone

Now let us use some of the words in meaningful, communicative patterns, this time

questions eliciting a complex answer:

Pe unde ai calatorit?

Where have you traveled?

Ce sporturi ai practicat pina acum?

What sports have you played?

Care este cel mai frumos loc in care ai fost vreodata?

Where is the best place you have ever been?

Acre este cel mai neobisnuit/nebunesc lucru pe care l-ai facut vreodata?

What’s the craziest thing you have ever done?

Ai tipat vreodata la cineva in public?

Have you ever screamed at someone in public?

Care este cea mai importanta personalitate pe care ai cunoscut-o vreodata?

Who is the greatest person you have ever met?

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