How to say the 12 months in Romanian

A1.8 Romanian Time Expressions: Months

The lesson about time will introduce you

the months in Romanian
units of time in Romanian language

some useful time vocabulary in Romanian
the moments of the day and the corresponding greetings
how to tell time in Romanian
how to express frequency in Romanian
how to establish an appointment or a meeting

It’s time to start because…time flies!

The months of the year in Romanian

English	Romanian translation	Phonetic Transcription
January	Ianuarie	/ja.nu'a.ri.e/
February	Februarie	/fe.bru'a.ri.je/
March	Martie	/'mar.ti.e/
April	Aprilie	/a.ˈpri.li.e/
May	Mai	/maj/
June	Iunie	/'ju.ni.e/

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The months of the year in Romanian: July to December

English	Romanian translation	Phonetic Transcription
July	Iulie	/'ju.li.je/
August	August	/'aw.gust/
September	Septembrie	/sep'tem.bri.e/
October	Octombrie	/ok'tom.bri.je/
November	Noiembrie	/no'jem.bri.je/
December	Decembrie	/de'ʧem.bri.je/

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It's worth noting that all the above Romanian months are masculine nouns.

Units of time in Romanian: seconds, minutes, hours

English	Romanian translation	Phonetic Transcription
a second	o secundă	/o se'kun.də/
two seconds	două secunde	/'do.wə se'kun.de/
a minute	un minut	/un mi'nut/
two minutes	două minute	/'do.wə mi'nu.te/
an hour	o oră	/o 'o.rə/
two hours	două ore	/'do.wə 'o.re/

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Units of time in Romanian: days, weeks, months

English	Romanian translation	Phonetic Transcription
a day	o zi	/o zi/
two days	două zile	/'do.wə 'zi.le/
a week	o săptămână	/o səp.tə'mɨ.nə/
two weeks	două săptămâni	/'do.wə səp.tə'mɨnʲ/
a month	o lună	/o 'lu.nə/
two months	două luni	/'do.wə 'lunʲ/

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Units of time in Romanian: years, decades, centuries

English	Romanian translation	Phonetic Transcription
one year	un an	/un an/
two years	doi ani	/'doj anʲ/
one decade	un deceniu	/un de't͡ʃe.nju/
two decades	două decenii	/'do.wə de't͡ʃe.niʲ/
a century	un secol	/un 'se.kol/
two centuries	două secole	/'do.wə 'se.ko.le/

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Units of time in Romanian: milenniums, eras

English	Romanian translation	Phonetic Transcription
a millennium	un mileniu	/un mi'le.niu/
two millenniums	două milenii	/'do.wə mi'le.niʲ/
an era	o eră	/o erə/
two eras	două ere	/'do.wə 'e.re/

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How to say in Romanian today, tomorrow, yesterday, the day before/after tomorrow

English	Romanian translation	Phonetic Transcription
today	astăzi	/'a.stəzʲ/
today (less formal)	azi	/azʲ/
What is the difference between azi and astăzi in Romanian? "Azi" and "astăzi" mean the same thing: today. The only difference is that "astăzi" is considered to be more formal, and that "azi" will be used more in spoken Romanian.
Tomorrow	Mâine	/ˈmɨj.ne/
Yesterday	Ieri	/jerʲ/
the day after tomorrow	poimâine	/'poj.mɨj.ne/
the day before yesterday	alaltăieri	/a'lal.tə.jerʲ/

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Today, yesterday Romanian expressions

English	Romanian translation	Phonetic Transcription
Today it's cold. (less formal)	Azi e frig.	/azʲ je frig/
Tomorrow I'm going to the dentist.	Mâine merg la dentist.	/ˈmɨj.ne merg la den'tist/
The day after tomorrow I'm meeting Andreea. Andreea is a Romanian female name.	Poimâine mă întâlnesc cu Andreea	/'poj.mɨj.ne mə ɨn.tɨl'nesk ku an'dre.e̯a/
Yesterday I went to the swimming pool You are literally saying: Yesterday I was at the swimming pool	Ieri am fost la piscină	/jerʲ am fost la pis't͡ʃi.nə/
The day before yesterday I had a headache Literally: The day before yesterday my head was hurting	Alaltăieri m-a durut capul	/a'lal.tə.jerʲ ma du'rut 'ca.pul/

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How to say in Romanian this/yesterday morning/evening

English	Romanian translation	Phonetic Transcription
this morning	azi-dimineață	/azʲ di.mi'ne̯a.t͡sə/
this evening	diseară	/di'se̯a.rə/
this evening	în seara asta	/ɨn 'se̯a.ra 'as.ta/
In English sometimes tonight might be used with the same meaning as this evening. Romanian use extensively diseară and aseară to refer to a period in time in the evening that can go relatively late into the night e.g. until mid-night. La noapte or noaptea (in the night) in Romanian refers to the middle of the night e.g. at 2 a.m.
Tomorrow morning	Mâine dimineață	/ˈmɨj.ne di.mi'ne̯a.t͡sə//
yesterday morning	ieri dimineață	/jerʲ di.mi'ne̯a.t͡sə/
tomorrow evening	mâine seară	/ˈmɨj.ne 'se̯a.rə/
yesterday evening	aseară	/a'se̯a.rə/

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This / yesterday morning / evening Romanian expressions

English	Romanian translation	Phonetic Transcription
I woke up early this morning	Azi-dimineață m-am trezit devreme	/azʲ di.mi'ne̯a.t͡sə mam tre'zit de'vre.me/
This evening I'm going to a party	Diseară merg la o petrecere	/di'se̯a.rə merg la o pe'tre.t͡ʃe.re/
I'm staying at home this evening	În seara asta stau acasă	/ɨn 'se̯a.ra 'as.ta staw a'ka.sə/
I'll call you this evening	Te sun diseară	/te sun di'se̯a.rə/
Yes, for this evening	Da, pentru diseară	/da 'pen.tru di'se̯a.rə/
Yesterday morning I was late for school	Ieri dimineață am întârziat la școală	/jerʲ di.mi'ne̯a.t͡sə am ɨn.tɨr.zi'at la 'ʃko̯a.lə/
I don't know what I'm going to do tomorrow evening	Nu știu ce o să fac mâine seară	/nu ʃtiw t͡ʃe o sə fak ˈmɨj.ne 'se̯a.rə/
Yesterday evening I was at the restaurant	Aseară am fost la restaurant	/a'se̯a.rə am fost la res.ta.u'rant/

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How to say in Romanian this / previous / next week / month / year

English	Romanian translation	Phonetic Transcription
this week	săptămâna asta	/səp.tə'mɨ.na 'as.ta/
this year	anul ăsta	/'a.nul 'əs.ta/
last month	luna trecută	/'lu.na tre.ku.tə/
previous year	anul trecut	/'a.nul tre'kut/
next month	luna viitoare	/'lu.na vi.i'to̯a.re/
next year	anul viitor	/'a.nul vi.i'tor/

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Romanian sentences with this/previous/next week/month/year

English	Romanian translation	Phonetic Transcription
I have to work a lot this week	Săptămâna asta trebuie să muncesc mult	/səp.tə'mɨ.na 'as.ta 'tre.bu.je sə mun't͡ʃesk mult/
Would you like to go to the cinema this weekend? (you can address both a man and a woman like this)	Ai vrea să mergem la film weekend-ul ăsta?	/aʲ vre̯a sə 'mer.d͡ʒem la film wi.cen.dul 'əs.ta/
This year I'll be graduating the university The word by word translation is: This year I'll be finishing the faculty	Anul ăsta termin facultatea	/'a.nul 'əs.ta ter'min fa.kul'ta.te̯a/
Last month I wrote you an email.	Luna trecută ți-am scris un mail	/'lu.na tre.ku.tə ʦʲ-am skris un mejl/
Last year I started the Romanian classes	Anul trecut am început cursurile de limba română	/'a.nul tre'kut am ɨn.t͡ʃe'put 'kur.su.ri.le de 'lim.ba ro'mɨ.nə/
Next month I'll be finishing driving/traffic school	Luna viitoare termin școala de șoferi	/'lu.na vi.i'to̯a.re ter'min ʃko̯a.la de ʃo'ferʲ/
I'm retiring next year	Anul viitor ies la pensie	/'a.nul vi.i'tor jes la 'pen.si.e/

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Now, early, late in Romanian

English	Romanian translation	Phonetic Transcription
Now	Acum	/a'kum/
early	devreme	/de'vre.me/
earlier	mai devreme	/maj de'vre.me/
late	târziu	/tɨr'ziw/
later	mai târziu	/maj tɨr'ziw/
too early	prea devreme	/pre̯a de'vre.me/
too late	prea târziu	/pre̯a tɨr'ziw/

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Romanian expressions with now, early, late

English	Romanian translation	Phonetic Transcription
Now it's too late!	Acum e prea târziu!	/a'kum je pre̯a tɨr'ziw/
Come later!	Vino mai târziu!	/'vi.no maj tɨr'ziw/
It's too early!	E prea devreme!	/je pre̯a de'vre.me/

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How to say in Romanian shortly, soon, already, not yet

English	Romanian translation	Phonetic Transcription
shortly	în scurt timp	/ɨn skurt timp/
already	deja	/deˈʒa/
soon	în curând	/ɨn ku'rɨnd/
not yet	nu încă	/nu ˈɨn.kə/

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Romanian sentences with shortly, soon

English	Romanian translation	Phonetic Transcription
The plane is going to land shortly	În scurt timp o să aterizeze avionul	/ɨn skurt timp o sə a.te.ri'ze.ze a.vi'o.nul/
A police squad will arrive shortly!	Un echipaj al poliției va veni în scurt timp!	/un e.ki'paʒ al po'li.ʦi.ej va ve'ni ɨn skurt timp/
I'll become grandfather soon	în curând o să fiu bunic	/ɨn ku'rɨnd o sə fiw bu'nik/

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The plane is going to land shortly

În scurt timp o să aterizeze avionul

/ɨn skurt timp o sə a.te.ri'ze.ze a.vi'o.nul/

A police squad will arrive shortly!

Un echipaj al poliției va veni în scurt timp!

/un e.ki'paʒ al po'li.ʦi.ej va ve'ni ɨn skurt timp/

I'll become grandfather soon

în curând o să fiu bunic

/ɨn ku'rɨnd o sə fiw bu'nik/

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How to say in Romanian: a week ago, in a month

English	Romanian translation	Phonetic Transcription
a week ago	acum o săptămână	/a'kum o səp.tə'mɨ.nə/
A month ago	Acum o lună	/a'kum o 'lu.nə/
in two days	peste două zile	/'pes.te 'do.wə 'zi.le/
in three days	peste trei zile	/'pes.te 'trej 'zi.le/
in a month	peste o lună	/'pes.te o 'lu.nə/
a week from tomorrow	de mâine într-o săptămână	/de ˈmɨj.ne 'ɨn.tro səp.tə'mɨ.nə/

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Romanian expressions with "ago" and "in a month"

English	Romanian translation	Phonetic Transcription
A month ago I came back from holidays	Acum o lună m-am întors din vacanță	/a'kum o 'lu.nə mam ɨn'tors din va'kan.ʦə/
I'll turn twenty in a month.	Peste o lună fac douăzeci de ani	/'pes.te o 'lu.nə fak do.wə'zeʧʲ de anʲ/
I'm going to the mountains a week from tomorrow. You're literally saying: I'm leaving for the mountains in a week from tomorrow.	De mâine într-o săptămână plec la munte	/de ˈmɨj.ne 'ɨn.tro səp.tə'mɨ.nə plek la 'mun.te/

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A month ago I came back from holidays

Acum o lună m-am întors din vacanță

/a'kum o 'lu.nə mam ɨn'tors din va'kan.ʦə/

I'll turn twenty in a month.

Peste o lună fac douăzeci de ani

/'pes.te o 'lu.nə fak do.wə'zeʧʲ de anʲ/

I'm going to the mountains a week from tomorrow.

You're literally saying: I'm leaving for the mountains in a week from tomorrow.

De mâine într-o săptămână plec la munte

/de ˈmɨj.ne 'ɨn.tro səp.tə'mɨ.nə plek la 'mun.te/

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How to say in Romanian for a long time, during the week

English	Romanian translation	Phonetic Transcription
for a long time	de mult timp	/de mult timp/
for the weekend	în weekend	/ɨn ˈwiˌkend/
during the week	în timpul săptămânii	/ɨn 'tim.pul səp.tə'mɨ.nij/

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Romanian time vocabulary: for a long time, for the weekend

English	Romanian translation	Phonetic Transcription
I haven't been drinking beer for a long time	De mult timp nu am mai băut bere	/de mult timp nu am maj bə'ut 'be.re/
I'm going to the countryside for the weekend	În weekend merg la țară	/ɨn ˈwiˌkend merg la 'ʦa.rə/
I'm going to work during the week	În timpul săptămânii merg la serviciu	/ɨn 'tim.pul səp.tə'mɨ.nij merg la ser'vi't͡ʃju/

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Submitted by Maitrisingha Harris (not verified) on Thu, 13/05/2021 - 14:07

Thank you plus correction

Another very useful selection of phrases. Thank you.

One English spelling mistake:
xxx The plain is going to land shortly xxx
The plane

A plain is a large open expanse of land :)

Submitted by admin on Fri, 14/05/2021 - 15:14

Correct Romanian spelling

Many thanks Harris,
Much appreciated. I have corrected the typos.

If you spot any other ones, or any otherdifficulty/malfunctioning of the site, I'd be happy to correct it.

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A1.8 Romanian Time Expressions: Months

The months of the year in Romanian

The months of the year in Romanian: July to December

Units of time in Romanian: seconds, minutes, hours

Units of time in Romanian: days, weeks, months

Units of time in Romanian: years, decades, centuries

Units of time in Romanian: milenniums, eras

How to say in Romanian today, tomorrow, yesterday, the day before/after tomorrow

Today, yesterday Romanian expressions

How to say in Romanian this/yesterday morning/evening

This / yesterday morning / evening Romanian expressions

How to say in Romanian this / previous / next week / month / year

Romanian sentences with this/previous/next week/month/year

Now, early, late in Romanian

Romanian expressions with now, early, late

How to say in Romanian shortly, soon, already, not yet

Romanian sentences with shortly, soon

How to say in Romanian: a week ago, in a month

Romanian expressions with "ago" and "in a month"

How to say in Romanian for a long time, during the week

Romanian time vocabulary: for a long time, for the weekend

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Choose the right Romanian time words

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Correct Romanian spelling

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