Street Conversation XXIX

I start to resume my career as a (master) pick-up artist and find out that people will not only give out their addresses but also some other crucial information. Easy kill.

 

Sergiu: Câți membri are familia ta?

How many members does your family have?

Girl: Familia mea are doi membri.

My family has two members.

Sergiu: Nu ai frați sau surori?

Don’t you have brothers or sisters?

Girl: Ba da, am o soră.

Yes, I have a sister.

Grammar XXIX

Verbs

 

Since we already moved on to month 2, we won’t have to learn that much grammar anymore and we’ll start to learn more and more from context alone. That means there will be more street conversations so you’ll have more audio and more vocabulary!

We will still continue the tradition of adding two verbs per lesson this month as well.

Today’s verbs are going to be: a se juca (to play) and a uita (to forget). The verbs from now on will be conjugated in a line, since you now understand how conjugation works. It’s more simple than working with tables anyway. So here they are:

Mă joc, te joci, se joacă, ne jucăm, vă jucați, se joacă

Uit, uiți, uită, uităm, uitați, uită

Now here’s the cool part in Romanian. Uit ceva means “I forget something”, Mă uit la ceva means “I look at something”.

Your duty is now to conjugate the verb “to look at”, knowing the above information.

N-am uitat cum să mă joc. M-am uitat la MTV.

I didn’t forget how to play. I watched MTV.

Dialogue XXIX

 

Sergiu: Câți membri are familia ta?

How many members does your have family have?

Daniela: Patru membri. Bunica, mama, unchiul meu și eu.

Four members. My grandmother, mother, uncle and me.

Sergiu: Nu ai frați sau surori?

Don’t you have brothers or sisters?

Daniela: Nu am.

I don’t.

Key Vocabulary XXIX

Ba da – Yes (used when answering a negative question )

Nu bei bere? Ba da!

Don’t you drink beer? Yes, I do!

Membru (m.) – Member (Pl. Membri)

Cât (f. câtă) – How much

Câți (f. câte) – How many

Familie (f.) – Family (Pl. Familii)

Bunic, bunică – Grandfather, grandmother (Pl. Bunici, bunici)

Unchi (m.) – Uncle (Pl. Unchi)

Văr (m.) – Cousin (Pl. Veri)

Verișoară (f.) – Little cousin (Pl. Verișoare)

And two more words we omitted in the audio:

Vară (f.) – Cousin (Pl. Vere)

Verișor (m.) – Little cousin (Pl. Verișori)

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