Where are you from?
Ask de unde ești? (where are you from?) and answer with din (from) + the country, exactly as with România.
| Where are you from? — I'm from France. | — De unde ești? — Sunt din Franța. |
| My colleague is from England. | Colegul meu este din Anglia. |
To say where someone lives, use în (in):
| My sister lives in Germany. | Sora mea locuiește în Germania. |
Country names
Most country names end in -a, and they are used just as they are — there is no separate word for the:
| Romanian | English |
|---|---|
| Franța | France |
| Germania | Germany |
| Italia | Italy |
| Spania | Spain |
| Anglia | England |
| Grecia | Greece |
| Ungaria | Hungary |
| Moldova | Moldova |
| Italy is a beautiful country. | Italia este o țară frumoasă. |
| Hungary is next to Romania. | Ungaria este lângă România. |
Moldova — the Republic of Moldova, east of Romania — is a Romanian-speaking country.
| My neighbor from Moldova speaks Romanian. | Vecinul meu din Moldova vorbește româna. |
The United States
Statele Unite (the United States) is plural, so its verb is plural too: sunt, not este.
| The United States is very far away. | Statele Unite sunt foarte departe. |
Europe and the capital
Europa is Europe. Romania's capital is București (Bucharest). You go la a city but în a country:
| We're going to Bucharest. | Mergem la București. |
| We're going to Greece on vacation. | Mergem în Grecia în vacanță. |
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