A0.8 Learn to Introduce Yourself in Romanian: Beginner's Guide
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Meeting Romanians for the first time? Whether you're greeting a new colleague in Bucharest, introducing yourself at a business meeting, or making friends at a café, knowing how to introduce yourself properly in Romanian makes all the difference.
This lesson covers everything from casual "Salut!" to formal business introductions, including:
- Informal greetings for everyday situations
- Formal, polite introductions for professional settings
- how to say nice to meet you in Romanian
- Personal titles Mr, Mrs, Ms in Romanian
- More examples with Romanian first and last names
- Introducing other people in Romanian
1. How to Introduce Yourself in Romanian: Simple Informal Phrases
| English | Romanian translation |
Audio | Phonetic Transcription |
|---|---|---|---|
Hi | Salut | | |
I am Mary | Eu sunt Maria | | |
I'm Joana | Eu sunt Ioana | | |
Nice to meet you (informally) You're literally saying "It seems fine to me" | Îmi pare bine | | |
Me too Literally: And to me | Și mie | |
2. Introducing yourself in Romanian formally
| English | Romanian translation |
Audio | Phonetic Transcription |
|---|---|---|---|
Good day This is the most common formal greeting. | Bună ziua | | |
My name is Daniela Popescu Literally: I'm named Daniela Popescu This is more formal | Mă numesc Daniela Popescu | | |
I'm Mary Ionescu | Eu sunt Maria Ionescu | | |
Nice to meet you (formally; for women saying it) Literally: Delighted of acquaintance | Încântată de cunoștință | | |
Likewise | De asemenea | |
Popescu, Ionescu, Georgescu are very common Romanian last names. In Romania, it is very common that a woman will have the same last name as her husband, meaning that when they get married most Romanian women change their last name to the one of their husband. Thus all the members of the family usually have the same last name. Of course there are exceptions to this rule, and this is more a tradition, it is not legally compulsory.
There are several ways of saying "Nice to meet you in Romanian". The "classical official way" is "Încântat(ă) de cunoștință".
Here are all the ways of saying it.
| English | Romanian translation |
Audio | Phonetic Transcription |
|---|---|---|---|
Nice to meet you (informally) You're literally saying "It seems fine to me" | Îmi pare bine | | |
I'm glad to be here | Mă bucur să fiu aici | | |
Nice to meet you (formally; for a man saying it) Literally: Delighted of acquaintance | Încântat de cunoștință | | |
Nice to meet you (formally; for women saying it) Literally: Delighted of acquaintance | Încântată de cunoștință | |
4. Personal Titles in Romanian: Miss, Mrs., Ms
| English | Romanian translation |
Audio | Phonetic Transcription |
|---|---|---|---|
Mrs Popescu | Doamna Popescu | | |
Mr Ionescu | Domnul Ionescu | | |
Miss Popa | Domnișoara Popa | |
Now that you know how to introduce yourself both formally and informally in Romanian, we'd like to teach you some more Romanian names.
We have chosen below, intentionally, some Romanian names that have no direct English equivalent, so that you get used to some of the pure Romanian first names.
| English | Romanian translation |
Audio | Phonetic Transcription |
|---|---|---|---|
I am Victor Victor is a male Romanian first name | Eu sunt Victor | | |
My name is Marius Literally: Me calls Marius | Mă cheamă Marius | | |
My name is Onofrei Onofrei is a Romanian last name | Numele meu este Onofrei | | |
Good day, I am Mrs Iordan | Bună ziua eu sunt doamna Iordan | | |
Good day, I am Mr Mihai Georgescu | Bună ziua eu sunt domnul Mihai Georgescu | |
How to introduce other people in Romanian
| English | Romanian translation |
Audio | Phonetic Transcription |
|---|---|---|---|
This is my wife | Aceasta este soția mea | | |
This is my husband | Acesta este soțul meu | |
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Introducing other people
I would be grateful if you would help me these. I thought I had asked you them before, but can't find where I did, sorsy if I did.
This is my wife, Sarah.
This is Sarah.
What is your name please?
Thanks you so much,
Roger
What do say in Romanian while introducing somebody else?
Hi,
I have added in the above lesson the translation with the audio pronunciation of "This is my wife". You will have to add the name of your wife at the end to reach: "Aceasta este soția mea Sarah".
"This is Sarah" is translated as "Ea e Sarah" which actually means "She is Sarah". For the pronunciation of "Ea e" please check our lesson on the conjugations of the verb "to be"
"What is your name please" is translated as: "Cum te cheamă?" (informally), "Cum vă cheamă?" (formally). I was planning to record(audio) this question and add it to the lesson. I hope I'll have the time to do it soon.
I'll reply asap to your question on the travelling in Romania below.
Happy to help
Some help please in planning our time in Romania
Admin edit: Comment moved to <a href="asking-directions">Asking directions in Romanian</a> - How to ask the way in Romanian
I have provided an answer there.
new lesson A0.5
is was again very nice to learn this lesson. Very well done! Thank you very much
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It is very helpful to learn
It is very helpful to learn romanian language
Audios not working for me
"Mă bucur să fiu aici" is not working for me
None of the Personal Titles are working for me
None of "5. More Romanian names examples" are working for me
Thank you very much for your help.
Multumesc frumos!
They are all working now, thank you very much for your help with this.
Best wishes,
Vix
Excellent,
Excellent,
There was some caching problem. I hope I have permanently solved it.
Many thanks for making me aware. I appreciate it.
Happy to help!
C as 'ch' and c as 'k'
I'm a bit confused, when to say 'k' and when to say 'ch'.. I can't find this rule on website...
This is good sample here I hear 'k' and 'ch' "Mă bucur să fiu aici"
Bucur = k
Aici = ch
Thank you for the question.
Thank you for the question.
I have just answered in the pronunciation section, since your question is on Romanian pronunciation.
Here is the direct link of my answer
https://www.learnro.com/romanian-pronunciation#comment-12623
Happy to help!
introducing friends
Thank you for this wonderful website. If I wanted to introduce a friend, would I say "Aceasta este prieten meu"? Or is amic a better word to use for friend? Mulțumesc frumos.
Thank you for your kind words
Thank you for your kind words.
In Romanian you would say:
Acesta este prietenul meu. (for introducing a man)
or
Aceasta este prietena mea (for introducing a woman)
Which is the difference in Romanian between prieten vs amic?
Prieten is considered a closer friend while amic is a friend but not so close, somebody you know and you get along well. Amic is seldomly used, unless you want to express this nuance that you do not have that close relations.
Happy to help!
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