This document provides an overview of basic Romanian grammar structures including: - Common verbs like "to be" and "to have" conjugated in present tense. - Questions like "how old are you?" and responses. - Differences between "to be" and "to have". - Articles like definite and indefinite. - Future tense conjugations of "to be" and "to have". - Reflexive pronouns and possessive adjectives. - Examples of asking and responding about traveling, speaking Romanian, and length of time somewhere.

1. Auxiliar verbs
TO BE- A FI TO HAVE – A AVEA
I am – Eu sunt I have – Eu am
You are – Tu esti eshti You have – Tu ai
He/She is – El/Ea este He/She has – El/ea are
We are – Noi suntem We have – Noi avem
You are – Voi sunteti suntezzi You have – Voi aveti avetzi
They are – Ei/Ele sunt They have – Ei/Ele Au
How old are you?
Cati ani ai?-Am 20 de ani (20 years)
Diferences between TO BE/TO HAVE – A FI/A AVEA
- In romanian the TO BE-A FI is used to indicate the place where you
are, to introduce yourself eg. Eu sunt Mirela. – I’m Mirela
- TO HAVE is used to indicate the posesions; I have a nice room- (Eu)
am o camera draguta.
Where are you from?
I am from Poland-Sunt din Polonia.
Articles-Articolul
a) Articolul hotarat ( definite article)
The book- cartea carte-without article
The letter-scrisoarea scrisoare

2. The idea-ideea
The telephone-telefonul telefon
The pencil-creionul creion
- for feminine the definite article finish In „a” and for masculine
In „l” In the most cases
b) Articolul nehotarat (indefinite article)
One book- o carte
One letter – o scrisoare
One phone- un telefon
One pencil – un creion
om man
prieten friend
fată girl
copii children, kids
în faţă in front
brânză cheese
foarte very
veche old (for objects)
stea star
albastră blue (f)
frumoasă beautiful (f)
mâncare food
bere beer
mîine
Tomorrow

3. dimineaţă morning
ceas watch
Branza-cheese
Veche-veke
Maine-tomorrow
cheas-ceas-watch
Ways to travel
Tram-tramvai
Bus-autobuz/troleibuz
Train-tren
Metro-metrou
Trebuie să merg I have to go
Trebuie să mergi You have to go
Trebuie să meargă He/She has to go
Trebuie să
mergem
We have to go
Trebuie să mergeţi
You (pl) have to
go
Trebuie să meargă They have to go
Mergi- merge
Mergezzi
Mearga
Vreau să merg la Oradea. I want to go to Oradea.
Vreau să mergi la Oradea. I want you to go to Oradea.
Vrem să mergeţi la Oradea. We want you all to go to Oradea.
I want to go to Bucharest-Vreau sa merg la Bucuresti
Do you speak romanian? No I speak polish.
Vorbesti Romana?Nu, vorbesc poloneza
For how long you are here? De cat timp esti aici?

4. I am here for Three days- Sunt aici de trei zile
Future tense
TO BE
I will be –Eu voi fi
You will be – Tu vei fi
He/She will be- El/ea va fi
We will be-noi vom fi
You will be-voi veti fi vetzi
They will be-ei vor fi
I will be In Romania In two weks-Eu voi fi In Romania peste doua
saptamani
TO HAVE
I will have-Eu voi avea
You will have-tu vei avea
El/ea va avea-he/she will have
We will have-noi vom avea
You will have- voi veti avea
They will have-ei vor avea
Tomorrow I will have the final exam-Maine voi avea examenul final.
Reflexive pronoun
I look at her- Ma uit la ea
You look at Her—te uiti la ea
He/she looks at Her –El/ea Se uita la ea
We look at Her –noi Ne uitam la ea
You look at Her-voi va uitati la ea
They look at Her-ei se uita la ea

5. Possesiveadjectives
My-al. meu
Your-al. Tau
His/Her- al. Lui/al. Ei
Our-al. Nostru
Your-al. Vostru
Your-al. Dumneavoastra/ al. Lor=their notebook
DUM-NEA-VOAS-TRA
I don’thave Money-Nu am bani
I’m lost-M-am ratacit
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