A1.6.1 Romanian days of the week
In this lesson you are going to learn:
- the Romanian days of the week (pronunciation, English-Romanian translation)
- how to say "on Mondays", "on Tuesdays" - repetitive weekly activities in Romanian
- how to say yesterday, today and tomorrow in Romanian
- practice by taking a few Romanian exercises
Days of the week in Romanian
| English | Romanian translation |
Audio | Phonetic Transcription |
|---|---|---|---|
Monday | luni | ||
Tuesday | marți | ||
Wednesday | miercuri | ||
Thursday | joi | ||
Friday | vineri | ||
Saturday | sâmbătă | ||
Sunday | duminică |
Sample weekdays in Romanian - A happy man
| English | Romanian translation |
Audio | Phonetic Transcription |
|---|---|---|---|
On Monday I have a date | Luni am o întâlnire | ||
On Tuesday I'm buying her flowers | Marți îi cumpăr flori | ||
On Wednesday we're going to [see a] the movies | Miercuri mergem la film | ||
On Thursday I'm kissing her | Joi o sărut | ||
On Friday I get to know her parents | Vineri îi cunosc părinții | ||
On Saturday I'm getting married (only a man can say this, not a woman) | Sâmbătă mă însor | ||
On Sunday I'm happy (only a man can say this) | Duminică sunt fericit |
Unlike English, the days of the week are written with in lower case (if they occur in the middle of a sentence).
In English one could use Monday or on Monday with no real difference in meaning. Both Monday and on Monday are translated in Romanian as luni
Each Monday, Tuesday... in Romanian
| English | Romanian translation |
Audio | Phonetic Transcription |
|---|---|---|---|
Mondays | lunea | ||
Tuesdays | marțea | ||
Wednesdays | miercurea | ||
Thursdays | joia | ||
Fridays | vinerea | ||
Saturdays | sâmbăta | ||
Sundays | duminica |
How to say On Mondays,Tuesdays - regular repetitive actions in Romanian
| English | Romanian translation |
Audio | Phonetic Transcription |
|---|---|---|---|
On Mondays I go to grandma | Lunea merg la bunica | ||
On Tuesdays I have the guitar classes | Marțea am cursurile de chitară | ||
I go to the swimming pool on Wednesdays | Miercurea merg la piscină | ||
On Thursdays I'm having fun with friends | Joia mă distrez cu prietenii | ||
On Fridays I'm leaving work earlier | Vinerea plec mai devreme de la servici | ||
On Saturdays I'm watching a match | Sâmbăta mă uit la meci | ||
On Sundays lunch-time we eat with the family | Duminica la prânz mâncăm în familie |
How to say today, yesterday, tomorrow, day after tomorrow, two days ago in Romanian
| English | Romanian translation |
Audio | Phonetic Transcription |
|---|---|---|---|
today (less formal) | azi | ||
Tomorrow | Mâine | ||
the day after tomorrow | poimâine | ||
in two days' time | peste două zile | ||
Yesterday | Ieri | ||
the day before yesterday | alaltăieri |
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