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A0.6 How to say I come from in Romanian

While introducing yourself, it is expected that you will be asked where you are coming from. In this lesson we will teach you how to reply to that question in Romanian.
At the end of this lesson you will be able to:

How to ask in Romanian "Where do you come from?"

English Romanian
translation		 Audio Phonetic
Transcription

Where do you come from? (informal)

De unde vii?
/de 'un.de vij/

Where do you come from? (formal)

De unde veniți?
/de 'un.de ve'ni.ʦʲ/

In Romanian the subject can be omitted, because in most cases it can be infered from the unique form of the verb the person and number of the subject.

E.g. De unde vii?  -  is the same as De unde vii tu?

there is no need to specify the subject tu , because the form of the verb vii is unique and specific only for the subject tu.

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How to say "I come from" + your country, in Romanian?

English Romanian
translation		 Audio Phonetic
Transcription

I'm from Canada

Sunt din Canada
/sunt din ka'na.da/

I'm canadian (man)

Sunt canadian
/sunt ka.na.di'an/

I'm canadian (woman)

Sunt canadiancă
/sunt ka.na.di'an.kə/

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To vary the country and say that you come from your own country, you only need to say, as above: "Sunt din" (I come from) and then replace "Statele Unite" with the name of your country in Romanian. Thus to say "I come from Australia" you will say in Romanian: "Sunt din Australia". Similarly if you are coming from England, Scotland or Wales you will say "Sunt din Anglia" or "Sunt din Scoția".

The same goes for saying that you are an Australian man, or a New Zeeland woman, using the above example, one would say: "Sunt" (I am) fowllowed by "australian" for a man or "neozeelandeză" for a women, reaching the sentence: "Sunt australian" or "Sunt neozeelandeză".

Algeria, Australia, Austria, Belgium

English Romanian
translation		 Audio Phonetic
Transcription
Algeria

Algeria

 
/al'd͡ʒe.ri.a/
Algerian (woman)

algeriancă
/al.d͡ʒe.ri'an.kə/
Algerian (man)

Algerian
/al'd͡ʒe.ri.an/

Australia

Australia
/a.us'tra.li.a/
Australian (woman)

Australiancă
/a.us.tra.li'an.kə/
Australian (man)

Australian
/a.us.tra.li'an/
Austria

Austria
/a.us'tri.a/
Austrian (woman)

austriacă
/a.us.tri'a.kə/
Austrian (man)

austriac
/a.us.tri'ak/
Belgium

Belgia
/'bel.d͡ʒi.a/

Belgian (woman)

belgiancă
/bel.d͡ʒi'an.kə/
Belgian (man)

belgian
/'bel.d͡ʒi'an/

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Brazil, Canada, China, England

English Romanian
translation		 Audio Phonetic
Transcription
Brazil

Brazilia
/bra'zi.li.a/
Brazilian (woman)

braziliancă
/bra.zi.li'an.kə/
Brazilian (man)

brazilian
/bra.zi.li'an/
Canada

Canada
/ka'na.da/
Canadian (woman)

Canadiancă
/ka.na.di'an.kə/
Canadian (man)

Canadian
/ka.na.di'an/
China

China
/'ki.na/
Chinese (woman)

Chinezoaică
/ki.ne'zo̯aj.kə/
Chinese (man)

Chinez
/ki'nez/
England

Anglia
/'an.gli.a/
English (woman)

englezoaică
/en.gle.zo̯aj.kə/
English (man)

englez
/en'glez/

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Estonia, France, Germany, Greece

English Romanian
translation		 Audio Phonetic
Transcription
Estonia

Estonia
/es'to.ni.a/
Estonian (woman)

Estoniancă
/es.to.ni'an.kə/
Estonian (man)

Estonian
/es.to.ni'an/

France

Franța
/'fran.t͡sa/
French (woman)

franțuzoaică
/fran.t͡su'zo̯aj.kə/
French (man)

francez
/fran't͡ʃez/
Germany

Germania
/'d͡ʒer'ma.ni.a/
German (woman)

nemțoaică
/nem't͡so̯aj.kə/
German (man)

neamț
/ne̯amt͡s/
Greece

Grecia
/'gre.t͡ʃi.a/
Greek (woman)

Grecoaică
/gre.'ko̯aj.kə/
Greek (man)

Grec
/grek/

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Italy, India, Ireland, Japan

English Romanian
translation		 Audio Phonetic
Transcription
Italy

Italia
/i'ta.lia/
Italian (woman)

Italiancă
/i.ta.li'an.kə/
Italian (man)

Italian
/i.ta.li'an/
India

India
/'in.di.a/
Indian (woman)

Indiancă
/in.di'an.kə/
Indian (man)

Indian
/in.di'an/
Ireland

Irlanda
/ir'lan.da/
Irish (woman)

Irlandeză
/ir.lan'de.zə/
Irish (man)

Irlandez
/ir.lan'dez/
Japan

Japonia
/ʒa'po.ni.a/
Japanese (woman)

Japoneză
/ʒa.po'ne.zə/
Japanese (man)

Japonez
/ʒa.po'nez/

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Moldova, The Netherlands, New Zeeland, Norway

English Romanian
translation		 Audio Phonetic
Transcription
Moldova

Republica Moldova
/re'pu.bli.ka mol'do.va/
Moldavian (woman)

moldoveancă
/mol.do've̯an.kə/
Moldavian (man)

moldovean
/mol.do've̯an/
The Netherlands

Olanda
/o'lan.da/
Dutch (woman)

olandeză
/o.lan.'de.zə/
Dutch (man)

olandez
/o.lan'dez/
Norway

Norvegia
/nor've.d͡ʒi.a/
Norwegian ( /nor.ve.d͡ʒi'an.kə/
Norwegian (man)

Norvegian
/nor.ve.d͡ʒi'an/

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Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia

English Romanian
translation		 Audio Phonetic
Transcription
Poland

Polonia
/po'lo.ni.a/
Polish (woman)

Poloneză
/po.lo'ne.zə/
Polish (man)

Polonez
/po.lo'nez/
Portugal

Portugalia
/por.tu'ga.li.a/
Portuguese (man)

Portughez
/por.tu'gez/
Portuguese (woman)

Portugheză
/por.tu'ge.zə/
Romania

România
/ro.mɨ'ni.a/
Romanian (woman)

româncă
/ro'mɨn.kə/
Romanian (man)

român
/ro'mɨn/
Russia

Rusia
/'ru.si.a/
Russian (woman)

Rusoaică
/ru'so̯aj.kə/
Russian (man)

Rus
/'rus/

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Scotland, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland

English Romanian
translation		 Audio Phonetic
Transcription
Scotland

Scoția
/'sko.t͡si.a/
Scottish (woman)

Scoțiancă
/sko.t͡si'an.kə/
Scottish (man)

Scoțian
/sko.t͡si'an/
Spain

Spania
/'spa.ni.a/
Spanish (woman)

Spanioloaică
/spa.ni.o.lo̯aj.kə/
Spanish (man)

Spaniol
/spa.ni'ol/
Sweden

Suedia
/su'e.di.a/
Swedish (woman)

Suedeză
/su.e.'de.zə/
Swedish (man)

Suedez
/su.e'dez/
Switzerland

Elveția
/el've.t͡si.a/
Swiss (woman)

Elvețiancă
/el.ve.t͡si'an.kə/
Swiss (man)

Elvețian
/el.ve.t͡si'an/

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Turkey, United States, Wales

English Romanian
translation		 Audio Phonetic
Transcription
Turkey

Turcia
/'tur.ʧi.a/
Turk (man)

turc
/'turk/
Turk (woman)

turcoaică
/tur.'ko̯aj.kə/

United States of America

Statele Unite ale Americii
/'sta.te.le u'ni.te 'a.le a'me.ri.t͡ʃij/
American (woman) United States citizen

americancă
/a.me.ri.kan.kə/

American (man) United States citizen

american
/a.me.ri'kan/
Wales

Țara Galilor
/'t͡sa.ra 'ga.li.lor/
Welsh (woman)

Galeză
/ga'le.zə/
Welsh (man)

Galez
/ga'lez/

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25 comments

Submitted by Patricia Lovelock (not verified) on Wed, 15/06/2016 - 06:54

British Nationalites

I find your website really useful especially as I have been able to begin with 'to be' and 'to have' which I consider the best way to begin learning a language. I had a look at the how to say where you are from page - I've lived in Romania for six year so I really already know this - and really feel the need to point out that Britain, the United Kingdom whatever you want to call it is NOT England! I am from Scotland and would want to say 'I'm Scottish/British' or 'I am from Scotland/the UK'. Nobody in Scotland, Wales or Northern Ireland would ever say they are from England or that they are English!

This is not peculiar to you - it is a mistake everybody who is not British makes!

Submitted by admin on Thu, 16/06/2016 - 19:46

I come from Scotland, Wales or England in Romanian

Dear Patricia,

Thank you for your message. I would like to apologies for this mistake. You are very much right and I respect the local identities and nationalities.
I have already added the Romanian pronunciation for Scotland and Scottish.
I'm planning to add the equivalent for Wales: e.g. I come from Wales, and correct the flag of England.

Many thanks for your remark
P.S. Luckily that I had foreseen more recordings, because new recordings take quite a long time to arrive

Submitted by admin on Sat, 18/06/2016 - 11:18

England, Scotland and Wales Romanian pronunciation

It's done I have added the translation and pronunciations of English, Welsh, Scottish both male and female.

Submitted by Stephen (not verified) on Wed, 18/01/2017 - 15:21

& irish too

Thank you :)

Submitted by admin on Wed, 18/01/2017 - 17:16

How to say I'm from Ireland or I'm Irish in Romanian?

Of course I'll add it with pleasure asap, just allow me some time for the recording of the sound. I'll let you know when it will be done.

Submitted by admin on Thu, 19/01/2017 - 18:36

How to say in Romanian that you come from a country (Ireland)

Hi Stephen,

I have just added the following Romanian English translations (including audio): I come from Ireland, I'm an Irish man, I'm an Irish woman.

All the best

Submitted by Roger Frost (not verified) on Sat, 22/04/2017 - 12:02

New Zealand!

Va rog! What is the Romanian for "New Zealand" and "New Zealander" and "What is the Romanian for ... "

Mulțumesc frumos

Roger

Submitted by admin on Sat, 22/04/2017 - 13:07

How to say in Romanian "I come from New Zealand"

Hi Roger,

Of course New Zealand should have been in the list, sorry for that.

The translation of "I come from New Zealand" in Romanian is "Eu vin din Noua Zeelandă".
"I'm a New Zealander" for a man would be "Eu sunt neozeelandez" and a woman should say "Eu sunt neozeelandeză"

For your last question on how to say "What is Romanian for ... " I would advise you to use "Cum se spune în româneşte la...?"
This is presented with the audio pronunciation in the previous lesson A0.3 I speak little Romanian"
I'll do my best to post in a few days the audio pronunciation for the above sentences and integrate them in the lesson.

Happy to help

Submitted by admin on Tue, 09/05/2017 - 01:32

Romanian pronunciation

Hi,

I've just added in the above lesson the pronunciation of "I come from New Zealand" and I'm a New Zealander (for both a man and a woman).
I've also added the exercises at the end of the lesson to help you practice.

Happy to help

Submitted by Charles Gannon (not verified) on Thu, 25/05/2017 - 09:17

China!

Salut! I notice you've included Japan in your list of countries. My girlfriend is originally from China. How does one say 'she (or he) is from China' and 'she is (or he is) Chinese'? I'll be going on holidays to Romania later this year and have started to learn a little from your excellent website.

Submitted by admin on Thu, 25/05/2017 - 10:02

How to say in Romanian: I come from China

Salut Charles,

I have just added China, Chinese man and Chinese woman above in the lesson with the audio pronunciation in Romanian.

I hope you will have a pleasant journey.
If you have some other questions, I'm happy to answer.

Submitted by Charles (not verified) on Thu, 25/05/2017 - 13:15

Mulțumesc frumos

Mulțumesc frumos

Submitted by Khan Sajïd (not verified) on Fri, 21/07/2017 - 10:39

Question

Thank you very much for your wonderful website.It has been very useful to me in understanding and learning Romanian. Please explain how to say, I am from India or I am Indian.

Submitted by admin on Fri, 21/07/2017 - 12:04

How to say I'm Indian in Romanian

Hi
Thank you for your kind words.

Here are the translations:
I come from India - Sunt din India
I'm Indian (for a man) - Sunt indian
I'm Indian (for a woman) - Sunt indiancă

The pronunciation of the word India and indian in Romanian is 95% the same as in English. Nevertheless I'll add the pronunciation next days (I'm traveling right now) including for indiancă.

Submitted by admin on Sat, 22/07/2017 - 01:11

Romanian Pronunciation India, Indian (man and woman) added

Hi,
It's done. India, and Indian (man, woman) are added in the above lesson with the usual free audio pronunciation

Enjoy your conversations with Romanians

Happy to help

Submitted by Maria (not verified) on Fri, 27/04/2018 - 17:50

Hello! How can I say in

Hello! How can I say in Romanian that I come from Bulgaria and that I am a bulgarian? (for men and for women) Your website is the best! Mulțumesc frumos. :)

Submitted by admin on Sat, 28/04/2018 - 20:21

Bulgarian - translation in Romanian

добър вечер Maria,

I come from Bulgaria - Eu sunt din Bulgaria (literally: I'm from Bulgaria)
I'm Bulgarian (male) - Eu sunt bulgar
I'm Bulgarian (female) - Eu sunt bulgăroaică

Happy to help

Submitted by katja87 on Mon, 16/09/2019 - 09:27

Ukrainian

thank you :D and for your collection:
Ukrainian: ucrainan (m) , ucraineancă (f), Ukraine -Ucraina

Submitted by admin on Mon, 23/09/2019 - 19:32

дякую

дякую

Submitted by hatice.denizozd... on Tue, 10/05/2022 - 15:58

I'm from Turkey

Hi,
Thank you for this very detailed and beautifully designed website :) Could you add "I'm from Turkey" and "I am Turkish." Thanks in advance.

Submitted by admin on Tue, 31/05/2022 - 08:14

How to say Turkey, the country, in Romanian

Merhaba,

I'm very happy to add the not so far neighbors of Romania, Turkey to the above list so that you learn how to say I come from Turkey.
It took me some time but now it's done.

Happy to help!
P.S. I can speak a few Turkish words.

Submitted by Oleksander (not verified) on Wed, 15/02/2023 - 17:52

add Ukraine/Ukrainian to list?

Hello. I am living in America but from Ukraine.
My wife's uncle lives in Romania but does not speak the English and is in town.
How do I say I am from Ukraine/i am Ukrainian?
Thank you for your help.

Submitted by admin on Wed, 15/02/2023 - 22:34

Добрий день,

Добрий день,

I am Ukrainian (male) is translated in Romanian as : Sunt ucrainean.
I am Ukrainian (female) is translated in Romanian as: Sunt ucraineancă.

I'll try to add the pronunciation in the table above asap.

Happy to help!

Submitted by Oleksander (not verified) on Thu, 16/02/2023 - 16:09

Thank you

Mulțumesc frumos!
My wife's uncle understands perfectly and using this wesite has helped me talk to him.
Thank you for the website it is very helpful in learning your beautiful language.

Submitted by thl24061991_9137 on Thu, 02/03/2023 - 18:04

Questions

I'm in Romania, and I'm from Bangladesh. How to say "I'm from Bangladesh" in Romanian for men and women.

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