In the dialogue Irina says:
Aş lua o cafea
I would like (lit. take) a coffee
Aş vrea şi ceva dulce
1 would like something sweet as well
This form of the verb is known as the conditional. It is made up in Romanian of auxiliary forms plus the infinitive without a:
aş vrea 1 would like am vrea we would like ai vrea you would like aţi vrea you would like ar vrea he/she/it would ar vrea they would like
like
aş merge 1 would go am merge we would go ai merge you would go aţi merge you would go
ar merge he/she/it would go ar merge they would go The conditional is most commonly used in Romanian in sentences that contain a clause introduced by the conjunction dacă 'if ' (note that, in such sentences in English the past tense is generally used in the clause introduced by 'if'):
Dacă am avea bani am merge la mare
If we had enough money we would go to the seaside Ei ar vizita oraşul dacă ar avea timp
They would visit the town if they had time
Dialogue 3
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travel agencyAdam Hogarth, a British student researching at the University of Bucharest is trying to organize a two week holiday. Re is asking for advice at the trave! agency
AGENTUL:
ADAM:
AGENTUL:
ÂDAM:
AGENTUL:
Bună ziua. Spuneţi, ce doriţi?
Bună ziua. Aş vrea să fac o excursie prin ţară.
Ştiţi unde anume?
Nu ştiu exact, dumneavoastră ce credeţi?
Dacă vreţi la mare, avem camere la trei hoteluri bune în Neptun.
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ADAM:
Dacă vreţi, puteţi lua un bilet circuit.
Cum adică?
Un bilet în circuit înseamnă că e valabil pe tot timpul călătoriei dumneavoastră şi puteţi să întrerupeţi călătoria unde doriţi. Deci aţi putea merge mai întâi la mare, de acolo în deltă şi apoi aţi putea merge undeva la munte.
Da, sună bine. Şi cam cât costă în total?
Depinde de unde plecaţi şi de cât timp staţi.
Bine, deci cât ar costa dacă aş sta 4 zile la Mamaia, apoi 3 zile în deltă şi o săptămână la munte?
La Mamaia aţi putea să staţi sau la hotelul
Internaţional, sau la Perla. O cameră cu un singur pat şi cu baie costă 60 de dolari pe noapte. Cazarea în deltă este de obicei la familii locale. În schimb la munte, la Sinaia, puteţi să staţi la un hotel bun. Toate camerele au încălzire centrală, baie sau duş. Hotelul are şi bar, şi restaurant şi discotecă, chiar şi sală de gimnastică.
Ştiţi cumva dacă este aproape de telecabină sau de telescaun? Aş vrea să văd peisajul.
Nu ştiu exact, dar pot să aflu până mâine.
Mulţumesc, atunci revin mâine.
SALES ASSISTANT: Bel/o. Bow can I help you? three good hotels in Neptun.
I'd prefer to go to Mamaia, if possible. But I
SALES ASSISTANT: A round ticket is valid for the whole of your journey. You can make stops along the way as
you wish, so you could go first to the seaside, then to the Delta and then on to somewhere in the mountains.
ADAM: Yes, that sounds good. How much does it cost?
SALES ASSISTANT: Depends when you leave and how long the trip lasts.
ADAM: O K, how much would it be if I stay four days in Mamaia, three days in the Delta and a week in the mountains?
SALES ASSISTANT: In Mamaia you could stay at the Hotel International or at the Hotel Perla. A single room with a bath costs $60 per night. In the Delta you would usually stay with local families.
In the mountains, on the other hand, in Sinaia, you can stay at a good hotel. AII the rooms have central heating and a bath or shower. The hotel also has a bar, a restaurant, a disco and even a gym.
ADAM: Do you know whether it's close to the cable car or chair lift? I would like to see the
surroundings.
SALES ASSISTANT: I don 't know for certain, but I can find out by tomorrow.
ADAM: OK, /'11 come back tomorrow then.
Vocabulary
a da to find out baie, băi f. bathroom
bOet, bOete n. ticket călătorie, journey cazare, cazări f. accommodation călătorii f.
a costa to cost a crede to believe
deltă, delte f. delta duş, duşuri n. shower excursie, excursii f. trip a face to do, to make ibdlzire f. heating hotel, hoteluri n. hotel
mâine tomorrow a întrerupe to interrupt
munte, munţi m. mountain mare, mări f. sea
a şti to know pat, paturi n. bed
a suna to sound, to ring ţară, ţări f. country telecabină, telecabine f. cablecar
telescaun, telescaune n. chairlift vaJabD, valabilă, valabili, valabile valid
\'ânzător, vânzători m. shop assistant
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Exercise 1
La restaurant. Fill in the blank spaces:
1 Ce doriţi să beţi? 2 Ce luaţi ca aperitiv?
3 Şi felul doi? 4 Doriţi şi desert sau doar cafea?
Exercise 2
Say out loud in Romanian:
1 For breakfast I have a cup of coffee, bread and jam and a cucumber salad.
2 At lunch Florin has creamed vegetable soup, fried trout with chips and a beer.
3 In the evening the Popescu family have pork on the bone with cabbage and tomato salad.
4 I would like to have pan-fried chicken and soup with meatballs, please.
5 Would you like a coffee?
6 For dessert, they have cheese fritters with soured cream.
7 - Do you have mince and rice rolled in vine leaves with polenta?
- Yes, and we also have beans with smoked ribs.
Exercise 3
Translate into Romanian:
1 It 1 had money, 1 would buy a big house.
2 It George had time, he would go on holiday to the mountains.
3 I would like a hotel ro om with bath and shower.
4 They would like a return ticket to Timişoara.
5 It you had time, you could go both to the se asi de and to the mountains.
6 It you like, we could take a bus.
Exercise 4
rranslate the words in brackets:
1 (1 would like) o cameră cu încălzire centrala�
2 (You could stay) la hotel în Sinaia.
3 Victor (would like) vin de Târnave.
4 (She would drink) o cafea espresso.
5 (You would go) în vacanţă, dacă ai avea timp.
Exercise 5
Translate into Romanian using one of the following words ex
plained in this unit: şi, mai, tot:
1 I am coming with you too.
2 Do you want more tea?
3 Both Simona and Celia are here.
4 Are there any more questions?
5 I will have a salad as well.
6 She is stiU living in London.
7 I want another orange.
8 Vasile is stiU in town.
Exercise 6
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Listen to the tape and translate the drinks mentioned.
Write a short recipe of your favourite cocktail by simply listing the ingredients.
Example: vodcă, suc de roşii, sare, piper, sos de ardei iute
Exercise 7
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Listen to the tape and translate the sentences recorded.
Exercise 8
Put the following words into the plural:
1 Masculine nouns:
băiat, profesor, elefant, copac, soţ, leu, tigru, frate 2 Feminine nouns:
fată, ingineră, capră, vacă, prietenă, floare, gheaţă 3 Neuter nouns:
televizor, computer, tramvai, teatru, taxi, suc, fotoliu
6 Ti m p u l probabi l
The weather forecast
In this unit you will learn:
• Another way to express the future
• About the weather
• Some prepositions
• Time expressions
Useful
words and phrasesUD agent an estate agent dimineaţa
imobiliar În cer
în general generally În special intre timp in the meantime
o întâlnire de a business la ţară afaceri meeting
seara in the evening prognoza sub formă de in the form of vremii
Reading
al Ti m pu l proba bi l
The
weather forecastin the morning in heaven especially,
in particular in the
countryside weather forecast
The 8 a.m. weather forecast on national radio on Monday 8 March Bună dimineaţa, dragi ascultători. Vă prezentăm timpul probabil pe următoarele 3 zile. În ţară vremea se va menţine în general stabilă, cu cerul mai mult variat, mai ales în regiunile de dealuri.
La munte până miercuri vor cădea precipitaţii uşoare, sub formă de lapoviţă şi ninsoare. Dimineaţa temperaturile maxime se VOr
menţine între plus 2 şi plus 4 grade Celsius, iar seara vor scădea până la minimum minus 6 grade Celsius. În est, minimele vor oscila între minus 3 grade şi minus 7 grade.
La Bucureşti vremea va rămâne în continuare frumoasă şi caldă, cu temperaturi între plus 2 şi plus 7 grade Celsius şi cu uşoare rafale de vânt dinspre nord-vest, în special dimineaţa.
Good morning, dear listeners. Here is (lit. we present to you) the weather forecast for the following three days. Nationally the weather will remain generally stable, with the sky mostly cloudy, especially in hilly areas. In the mountains there will be light precipitation in the form of sleet and snow until Wednesday. In the morning maximum temperatures will stay between 2 and 4 degrees centigrade, while in the evening they will fall to a minimum of minus 6 centi
grade. In the east the minimum temperatures will fluctuate between minus 3 and minus 7.
In Bucharest the weather will stay fine and warm, with tempera
tures between 8 and 10 degrees Celsius and with light gusts of wind from the north-west, especially in the evening.
Vocabulary ascultător, ascultători m.
a cădea
cald, caldă, calzi, calde cer, ceruri n.
drag, dragă, dragi, dragi
frumos, frumoasă, frumoşi, frumoase lapoviţă f
a menţine ninsoare, ninsori f a oscila
precipitaţie, precipitaţii f timp probabil
următor, următoare, următori, următoare uşor, uşoară, uşori, uşoare
vânt, vânturi n.
variat, variată, variaţi, variate vreme f
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