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### Money: the ATM

A **bancomat** is a cash machine. You take money *from* it — **de la bancomat** — with your card. After a preposition the noun drops its article (*lângă bancă*, *de la bancomat*), exactly as with *la școală* or *în casă*.

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### Appointments

**Programarea** is an appointment you book in advance — at the dentist, the doctor, the hairdresser. You *make* one with **a face**: *fac o programare*. With **la** + a person, the noun loses its article: *la dentist*, *la doctor*.

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### Offices and forms

A **funcționar** works in an office — at the city hall, the post office, the bank. Sooner or later every form asks for the same three things:

| Romanian | English |
|---|---|
| **numele** | the surname, the name |
| **prenumele** | the first name |
| **cartea de identitate** | the identity card (in everyday speech: **buletinul**) |

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### The post office and the bookshop

Careful with **librăria**: it is a book*shop*, where you buy books. A library, where you borrow them, is **biblioteca**. A postcard is **o carte poștală** — literally *a postal card*.

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### Emergencies

**O urgență** is an emergency, and **la urgență** is where you go with one: the hospital's emergency room. Fires are for the **pompieri**, the firefighters.

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### Two more numbers on every form

The **permis de conducere** (driver's license) and your **număr de telefon** — the possessive goes in the middle again: *numărul **tău** de telefon*.

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At the bank, the post office and the dentist (bancomat, programare)

adjective

adverb

adverbial phrase

auxiliary

auxiliary verb

conjunction

determiner

interjection

noun

numeral

particle

preposition

pronoun

sentence

verb

The verb to be and definite articles (a fi, -ul, -le)

Feminine definite articles (-a, -ua)

Indefinite articles (un, o)

Negative sentences (nu)

Question words (ce, unde, cine)

The verb to have (a avea)

Masculine plural nouns (-i, -ii)

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Adjectives and agreement

Present tense of regular -a verbs

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Reflexive pronouns (mă, te, se, ne, vă)

Accusative prepositions (în, la, pe, din, cu)

Likes and dislikes (îmi place)

Possessive adjectives (meu, tău, său)

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Demonstrative adjectives (acest, acel)

Numbers 1 to 10

The number two (doi, două)

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Counting by tens to 100

Quantifying large numbers (de)

The subjunctive (să)

Third-person subjunctive (să)

Direct object pronouns (îl, o, îi, le)

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Days of the week

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Describing people (tânăr, bătrân, înalt)

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Hello and goodbye (bună ziua, la revedere)

Coming and going (intra, sta, trece)

Where is it? (sub, lângă, între)

Knowing and thinking (știu că, cred că)

Sorry, welcome, congratulations (îmi pare rău, la mulți ani)

Introducing yourself (mă numesc, sunt din România)

How much and how many (puțin, prea, doar)

Can and may (pot merge, pot să merg)

If and whether (dacă)

At school and university

Irregular verbs in the present (vrea, lua, da, bea, sta)

Free time and sport

How much is it? (cât costă, câți, câte)

Before and after (înainte, după, până)

At the doctor (mă doare)

Meals of the day (micul dejun, prânzul, cina)

At the restaurant

Ability and permission (a putea să)

Obligation and necessity (trebuie să)

Desires and intentions (a vrea să)

Impersonal statements (se)

Adverbs of frequency (adesea, uneori)

Conjunctions for reasons and links (pentru că, deci)

Stressed accusative pronouns (pe mine, pe tine)

Indefinite pronouns (cineva, ceva)

Negative pronouns and double negation (nimeni, nimic)

The past tense auxiliary (am, ai, a)

The past tense (am, ai, a)

Regular past participles (-at, -it)

Regular past participles (-ut, -s, -t)

Negative past tense (nu am)

Question	Answer
the ATM	bancomatul
Where is an ATM?	Unde este un bancomat?
The ATM is next to the bank.	Bancomatul este lângă bancă.
I take money from the ATM with my card.	Iau bani de la bancomat cu cardul.
the appointment	programarea
The appointment is on Monday at ten o'clock.	Programarea este luni la ora zece.
I have to make an appointment at the doctor's.	Trebuie să fac o programare la doctor.
the dentist	dentistul
I have an appointment at the dentist's.	Am o programare la dentist.
A tooth hurts, so I am going to the dentist.	Mă doare un dinte, așa că merg la dentist.
The dentist checks the child's teeth.	Dentistul verifică dinții copilului.
the clerk, the civil servant	funcționarul
The clerk at the city hall checks the document.	Funcționarul de la primărie verifică documentul.
the firefighter	pompierul
My brother is a firefighter.	Fratele meu este pompier.
The firefighters arrived immediately.	Pompierii au ajuns imediat.
the emergency (la urgență = at the ER)	urgența
It's an emergency, I have to call the police.	Este o urgență, trebuie să sun la poliție.
Last night I went to the ER with my grandfather.	Aseară am mers cu bunicul la urgență.
the identity card	cartea de identitate
The clerk asks me for my identity card.	Funcționarul îmi cere cartea de identitate.
Do you have your identity card on you?	Ai cartea de identitate la tine?
I lost my identity card.	Am pierdut cartea de identitate.
the first name	prenumele
What is your first name?	Care este prenumele tău?
On the form I write my surname and first name.	Pe formular scriu numele și prenumele.
the postcard	cartea poștală
I received a postcard from grandma.	Am primit o carte poștală de la bunica.
I buy a postcard and send it home.	Cumpăr o carte poștală și o trimit acasă.
the bookstore	librăria
I buy a dictionary from the bookstore.	Cumpăr un dicționar de la librărie.
The bookstore in the center has many books.	Librăria din centru are multe cărți.
The bookstore is next to the post office.	Librăria este lângă poștă.
the driver's license	permisul de conducere
I have a driver's license.	Am permis de conducere.
Where is the driver's license?	Unde este permisul de conducere?
the phone number	numărul de telefon
What is your phone number?	Care este numărul tău de telefon?
The clerk asks me for my phone number.	Funcționarul îmi cere numărul de telefon.

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