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P3.3 How to pronounce combinations of Romanian vowels - Part 3

Romanian diphthongs vowels and semivowels

This is the third and last part of the Romanian vowels combined pronunciation lesson. We assume that you have already studied the part 1 and part 2

In this lesson you will learn how to pronounce:

vowels: "o+a"
vowels: "o+i"
vowels: "o+u"
vowels: "u+a"
vowels: "u+ă"
vowels: "u+i"

How do you pronounce "oa" in Romanian?

Romanian
translation

Phonetic
Transcription

people

men

humans

oameni

/'o̯a.menj/

guest

oaspete

/'o̯as.pe.te/

2 Listening

2.1

2.2

3 Translate

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How do you pronounce the diphthong "oi" together in one syllable in Romanian?

English	Romanian translation	Audio	Phonetic Transcription
two (referring to a masculine noun)	Doi		/doj/
We	Noi		/noj/
back/backwards	înapoi		/ɨ.na'poj/

2 Listening

2.1

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3 Translate

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How do you pronounce the vowel o and the semivowel u "ou" together in Romanian?

English	Romanian translation	Audio	Phonetic Transcription
Egg	Ou		/ow/
New (applicable to Romanian masculine gender nouns)	Nou		/now/
Present	Cadou		/ka'dow/
Mackerel	Macrou		/ma'krow/
Ox	Bou		/bow/

2 Listening

2.1

2.2

3 Translate

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How do you pronounce "u" and "a" together in Romanian?

English	Romanian translation	Audio	Phonetic Transcription
the couch	canapeaua		/ka.na'pe̯a.wa/
the day	ziua		/'zi.wa/

2 Listening

2.1

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3 Translate

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How do you pronounce "uă" vowels together in Romanian in the same syllable?

English	Romanian translation	Audio	Phonetic Transcription
two (referring to a feminine noun)	Două		/'do.wə/
nine	nouă		/'no.wə/
eggs	ouă		/o.wə/

2 Listening

2.1

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3 Translate

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How to pronounce the vowels "u" and "i" together in Romanian

English	Romanian translation	Audio	Phonetic Transcription
To whom or Whom ... to or Who... to	Cui		/kuj/
chicken (meat)	pui		/puj/

2 Listening

2.1

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3 Translate

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It is important to know that we presented above the pronunciation of two vowels in the same syllable (diphthong), which is quite common in Romanian. Nevertheless there are other Romanian words where the same combination of vowels results in the vowels being pronounced each one in their own syllable (hiatus) e.g. aer, real, cereale, fiul, familie, istorie, familia, istoria, etc.

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