Lesson 1- Pronouns

Romanian is related to Spanish, French, Portuguese, and Italian.  However, it also has many Russian words.

Plurals in Romanian work like Italian- instead of using the letter "s," the letter "i" is used for masculine nouns and the letter "e" is used for feminine nouns.

eu  "yehw"  I
tu   you (like Spanish)
el    "yell"  he
ea   "ya"   she

noi  (rhymes with "noise")  we
voi you all (like vosotros in Spanish or vous in French)
ei   "yay!"  they (masculine)
ele  "yeleh"  they (feminine)

Now let's learn the pronouns.  The most confusing one is eu  which sounds somewhat like English "you."  However, Spanish speakers will recognize it as a distorted from of yo.

 eu  "yehw"

 eu  "yehw"

eu am who eu am.  ("yeh-w am who yeh-w am.")

 tu are the one I want to hire!

I wanna dance with tu!

Hey, why is el yelling at el?  ("Why is "yell" yelling at "yell"?)

El is a soldier.  ("yell is a soldier.") He is a solder

Ea has messy hair.  ("yah has messy hair.") She has messy hair.

Ea has dark hair.  ("yah has dark hair.")  She has dark hair.

Let's talk about noi...Let's talk about us

Noi stick together.  We stick together.  

 Hey guys- what are voi reading?

Hey ladies- what are voi laughing about?

 He is pointing at ei. Yay!  ("He is pointing at "yay.")  He is pointing at them.

Ei are having a discussion.  They are having a discussion.

("Yay are having a discussion.")

 Ele are friends.  ("Yeleh are friends."  They are friends)

Yea ladies!  Ele are working out at the gym.  ("Yeleh")