Question types
Basic information exchange
România Internațional, 02.03.2014, 12:00
Your survival Romanian kit must include a basic knowledge of a fact-finding, question-and -answer exchange, in which you share relevant information about someone, or you give information about yourself, if you want relate to a happenstance acquaintance you may have come across in Bucharest, or elsewhere across Romania.
As usual, we begin with a useful set of words and phrases:
A face= to do
Sigur= of course
A dormi= sleep
Ceva=anything
Cineva=anyone
A locui=live
Noapte=night
Prieten=friend
Prieteni=friends
Ei=they, them
It’s now time to use some of the words in relevant types of questions:
Ai ce face?
Have you got anything to do?
Sigur ca am ce face.
Of course I have got something to do.
Ai unde dormi?
Have you got a place to sleep/spend the night?
Da, am unde dormi.
Yes, I have a place to sleep/spend the night.
Aveti cu cine vorbi?
Have you got anyone to talk to?
Nu, nu am cu cine vorbi.
No, I haven’t got anyone to talk to.
Aveti unde sta in Bucuresti?
Have you got a place to live in Bucharest?
Da, avem unde locui in Bucuresti.
Yes, we have got a place to live in Bucharest.
Niste prieteni ne-au invitat sa locuim la ei.
A couple of friends invited us to stay with them.
