Romanian Sounds

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Pronunciation Examples

A, a

as in March, father, run,come, ap=water

mas=table

acum=now

, as in above, around, adjust, collide,*never found in initial position

cas=house

lun=moon, month

, *it has no equivalent in English*never found in initial position

cmp=field

mine=tomorrow

gnd=thought

B, b as in bottle, brave, boy, behind, bani=money

brbat=man

baie=toilet, bathroom

C, c

as in cry, course, crime, crowd, copil=child

calm=calm

curaj=courage

*as in China, cherry, choice - everytime C is

followed by E or I;

ceas=clock

rece=cold

cine=who

*as in kilogram, when its followed by the

group HI

chitar=guitar

ochi=eye, eyes

chimie=chemistry

*as in chemistry, when its followed by the

group HE

pereche=pair

a cheltui=to spendD, d as in door, do, dinner, date, da=yes

disear=tonight

E, e as in elephant, merry, any, yes, exemplu=example

episod=episode

bere=beer

F, f as in flag, fortune, false, female, foame=hunger

fat=girl

familie=family

goal, great, guy, gate, gri=graygol=empty, goal


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G, g *as in Jim, jet, gentle, gel, gin - everytime G

is followed by E or i;

gen=type

general=general

rege=king

pagin=page

regin=queen

geam=window

G, g*as in gate, game when its followed by thegroup HE

ghea=iceghete=boots

*as in gift, guitar, when its followed by the

group HI

unghi=angle

ghid=guide

H, h as in house, heat, horse, hran=food

haine=clothes

I, i as in sheep, eager, trick, yellow, ieri=yesterdayiarn=winter

inim=heart

, *has no equivalent in English*only found in initial and final position

*has the same pronunciation with ,

n=ina ur=to hate

nc=still

J, j as in garage, measure, treasure, joc=gamejoi=Thursday

jaf=robbery

K, k as in bike, break, cake, kind,

*there are only a few words that contain

this letter

kilogram=kilogram

kilometru=kilometer

L, l as in lonely, lake, salary, slow, la=at

lake=lac

cal=horse

M, m as in money, smoke, summer, mind, main=car

mam=mother

mari=Tuesday

munc=work

N, n as in nothing, neat, needle, name, nume=name

nisip=sand

O, o as in voice, door, raw, daughter,sought, fall, om=humanopt=eight

P, p as in pay, place, appearance, plot, prob=test

picior=foot

prieten=friend

poate=maybe


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Q, q as in kettle, Kindle,

*Q is one of the rarest letters in the alphabet;

*most of the words containing it are of foreign origin.

R, r *has no direct correspondent in English,

where it is pronounced as in right, reason.

ru=bad

romn=Romanianrepede=fast

S, s as in sea, song, surprise, season, sare=salt

soare=sun

sor=sister

sond=well

, as in short, relationship, sugar, i=andarpe=snake

T, t as in tea, time, topic, telephone, timp=time

tot=everythingtelevizor=TV

, as in pizza, tsunami, ar=countryigri=cigarettes

puin=a little

U, u as in cow, lunatic, tattoo, chew, group, unde=whereur=hate

uor=easy

V, v as in vain, vision, volcano, love, verde=green

vineri=FridayW, w *also rare and of foreign origin

*usually pronounced as in English

web

week-end

X, x as in six, example, sticks, toxic=toxic

Y, y Y is a very rare letter of the alphabet;

*most of the words containing it are of

foreign origin.

yeti

yankeu=yankee

yard

Z, z as in zebra, zipper, sounds, zar=dice

zi=day

azi=today

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