Ro ma nia

Romania

Conversational Language Brown Bag

Location

Romanian Map

About Romania

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Agenda

• Facts about Romania

• Brief Language History

• Dialects

• Common Phrases

• Diversity

• Did you know?

Facts About Romania• Population

22,276,056 (Est. 2007)• Capital

Bucharest; 1,853,000• Area

238,391 square kilometers (92,043 square miles)

• LanguagesRomanian, Hungarian, German

• ReligionEastern Orthodox, Protestant, Catholic

• Currency Leu / Euro

• Life Expectancy• 71 • Literacy Percent

98.7%• President

Traian Basescu • Government

Democracy based on French Gov.

Language History

• Derived from Latin as Roman Empire Annexed Dacia as province

• Due to its geographical isolation

-first language that split from Latin, not influenced by other Romance

languages

Common phrases• Common words and phrasesEnglish Romanian Phonetical transcriptionRomanian (person) (m.) român, /ro'mɨn/

(f.) româncă /ro'mɨn.kə/Greetings! Salut! /sa'lut/What's your name? Cum te cheamă? /'kum.te.kěa.mə/How are you? Ce mai faci? /'ʧe.maǐ.faʧʲ /↘Goodbye! La revedere! /la.re.ve'de.re/Bye! Pa! /pa/Please. Vă rog. /və'rog/Sorry. Îmi pare rău. /ɨmʲ.pa.re'rəǔ/Thank you. Mulţumesc. /mul.ʦu'mesk/Yes. Da. /da/ No. Nu. /nu/I don't understand. Nu înţeleg. /'nu.ɨn.ʦe.leg/ Where's the bathroom? Unde este toaleta? /'un.de ǐes.te to.a.le.ta/Do you speak English? Vorbiţi engleza? /vor'biʦʲ.eŋ'gle.za/ I am a tourist. Eu sunt turist. /jeu sunt tur‘east/