Asking How to Say Something

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Gabriel Garcia asks the librarian a question.

Se spune "parcare".

Cum se spune
la aceasta?

Translation
Gabriel Garcia: How do you say this?

Librarian: It's "parcare" (parking lot).

Lesson Focus Example

Se spune + [ ]. Se spune "parcare".

It's... It's "parcare" (parking lot).

Key Vocabulary

girafă vânzător călătorie invazie

giraffe shop clerk travel invasion

 10 Difficult Words to Pronounce in Romanian
a alerga to run
a asculta to listen
a gândi to think
a merge to go
a peria to brush
a pleca to leave
a şti to know
argint silver
mașină car
bibelou trinket

Tongue Twisters
Domnule Dudău, dă-mi două dude din dudul
dumneavoastră de dincolo de drum!
Mr. Dudau, give me two mulberries from your
mulberry tree from across the street!
E pestriţă prepeliţa pestriţă, dar mai pestriţi
sunt puii prepeliţei pestriţe.
The mottled quail is mottled but the little quail
chickens are more mottled than the mottled
quail.

Rică nu știa să zică râu, rățușcă, rămurică. Piatra crapă capra, capra crapă piatra.
Rică didn't know how to say river, duck, or branch. The stone breaks the goat, the goat breaks
the stone.

Ştiu că ştii că ştiuca-i ştiucă şi mai ştiu că ştiuca-i
peşte.
I know that you know that pike is a pike and I also
know that pike is a fish.
Bucură-te cum s-a bucurat Bucuroaia de
bucuria lui Bucurel care s-a întors bucuros
de la București.
Enjoy yourself, as well as Bucuroaia enjoyed
the joy of Bucurel who returned joyful form
Bucharest.

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