Romanian language.pptx

8/11/2019 Romanian language.pptx

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RomanianlanguageInternational Language Festival

University of Sheffield


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Bine ai venit!

Welcome!

Today we are going tolearn

a little about Romanianlanguage.


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Where is spoken?

Is native to Romania andRepublic of Moldova,wherearound 24 million people speak

it.


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Where is spoken?

As a minority is spoken in: Serbia, Ukraine,

Hungary, Bulgaria and Greece.


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Where is spoken?

Due to Romanian diaspora, Romanian language isspoken around the world, but mostly in Italy,

Spain, Germany, United States, Canada, Russia,UK Portu al and Israel.


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DialectsIn a general sense, we can understand byRomanian4 different languages or dialects:

Daco-Romanian Aromanian

Megleno-Romanian Istro-Romanian


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DialectsDaco-Romanian or Romanian has also dialects

or sub-dialects:

In the southern part: theWallachian

subdialect

In the northern part: the Moldaviansubdialect, the Banat subdialect, and

Transylvanian varieties.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wallachian_subdialect_of_Romanianhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wallachian_subdialect_of_Romanianhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moldavian_subdialect_of_Romanianhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moldavian_subdialect_of_Romanianhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Banat_subdialect_of_Romanianhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transylvanian_varieties_of_Romanianhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transylvanian_varieties_of_Romanianhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Banat_subdialect_of_Romanianhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moldavian_subdialect_of_Romanianhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moldavian_subdialect_of_Romanianhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wallachian_subdialect_of_Romanianhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wallachian_subdialect_of_Romanianhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wallachian_subdialect_of_Romanian


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Dialects


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Historical Family

languageRomanian belongs to Romance language, to the

Italic branch of the Indo-European languagefamily.

Romanian has Slavic influence and also Greek,

Hungarian, Turkish, German and Romany, as

well as French, Italian and English influence.


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Historical Family

languageA few examples:

Greek:

folos< felos"use",buzunar< buzunra"pocket"

German:cartof


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Historical Family

languageFrench:birou"desk, office",

avion"airplane"

English:

gem< jam,interviu< interview,meci< match


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Aspects of the languageThe alphabet is based on the Latin script with

five additional letters: , , , , .

Difference between:a A /a/ mare "big", "sea"

// mas "table" // cnd "when"
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C8%98http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C8%98


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Aspects of the languageThe letters , and , have the same sound.

The difference is grammatical:

we use , at the principle of the word,

nceput "principle", "started",

and in the midle of the word,

cnd "when".


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Aspects of the languageDifference between:

s S /s/ sau "or"

// ase "six"

Difference between:

t T /t/ tare "strong"

/t s/ ascuit "sharp-edged"


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Short conversationBun! "Hi!"

Ce faci? Cum eti? "How do you do?

"How are you?"

Bine/ Ru. "Fine/ Bad."

i tu? "And you?"

...

La revedere! "Good bye!"


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Everyday phrasesBun dimineaa! "Good morning!"

Bun ziua! "Good afternoon!"

Bun seara! "Good evening!"

Noapte bun! "Good night!"


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Guess what?

Now it is my turn.

You have to guess what I am saying ;)


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Everyday phrases

Questions?

What would you like to say in Romanian?


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Where can you learn

Romanian in Sheffield? Join The Romanian Society of University of

Sheffield. facebook.com/rosocsheffield

Courses in Sheffield:www.listenandlearn.org/romanian/sheffield/

Online:

www.surfacelanguages.com/language/Romanian

www.conversationexchange.com
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Little recapitulation

Video on Youtube:

Adevarul despre Romania (Truth about Romania)
http://youtube.com/v/c4Q8xw0GEXw

Documents

Romanian language.pptx