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"
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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?"
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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