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### Marital status on a form

Romanian forms ask for your **starea civilă**, your marital status. The answers are adjectives, so they agree with the person they describe: a man is *căsătorit*, **divorțat** or **văduv**, a woman is *căsătorită*, *divorțată* or *văduvă*. **Celibatar** means single (not married).

| | man | woman |
|---|---|---|
| single | **celibatar** | celibatară |
| married | căsătorit | căsătorită |
| divorced | **divorțat** | divorțată |
| widowed | **văduv** | văduvă |

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### The other boxes

**Sexul** is the box for male or female. It sits next to your name, your age and your citizenship.

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### Fost: former, ex-

You know **fost** as the past participle of *a fi* (*am fost* = I was). Put in front of a noun, it means *former*, and like any adjective that comes first it carries the article itself: **fostul** meu șef, **fosta** mea soție, **foștii** mei colegi.

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### Young and old

An **adolescent** is a teenager (plural *adolescenți*). At the other end of life comes **pensia**, the pension: *a ieși la pensie*, literally "to go out to the pension", means to retire.

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A box marked **obligatoriu** (plural *obligatorii*) must be filled in. And when the clerk cannot catch your name, you spell it out **pe litere**, letter by letter.

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Filling in a form (stare civilă, divorțat, văduv)

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)

Feminine plural nouns (-e, -i, -le)

Neuter plural nouns (-uri, -e, -le)

Adjectives and agreement

Present tense of regular -a verbs

Present tense of -a verbs with suffix (-ez)

Present tense of regular -i and -î verbs

Present tense of -i and -î verbs with suffix (-esc / -ăsc)

Present tense of -ea and -e verbs

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

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

Likes and dislikes (îmi place)

Possessive adjectives (meu, tău, său)

Third-person possessives (lui, ei, lor)

Possessive articles (al, a, ai, ale)

Formal politeness (dumneavoastră)

Demonstrative adjectives (acest, acel)

Numbers 1 to 10

The number two (doi, două)

Numbers 11 to 20

Counting by tens to 100

Quantifying large numbers (de)

The subjunctive (să)

Third-person subjunctive (să)

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

Personal direct objects (pe)

Days of the week

Telling time (e ora...)

Months of the Year (January to June)

Months of the Year (July to December)

The Four Seasons

Weather Conditions

Rooms in a House

Basic Body Parts: Upper Body

Basic Body Parts: Limbs

Everyday Clothing

Basic Foods: Groceries

Fruits and Vegetables

Around Town

Getting Around

Setting the Table

A Colorful World

Common Animals

In the Wild

Jobs and Careers

Everyday Tech

Describing people (tânăr, bătrân, înalt)

Asking when and why (când, de ce, care)

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
single (unmarried)	celibatar
Are you married or single?	Ești căsătorit sau celibatar?
My brother is still single.	Fratele meu este încă celibatar.
She's single and lives alone.	Ea e celibatară și locuiește singură.
divorced	divorțat
My parents are divorced.	Părinții mei sunt divorțați.
She has been divorced for two years.	Este divorțată de doi ani.
widowed	văduv
My grandmother is a widow.	Bunica mea este văduvă.
He was widowed at fifty.	A rămas văduv la cincizeci de ani.
the sex (male/female, on a form)	sexul
We don't know the baby's sex yet.	Încă nu știm sexul copilului.
The form asks for your name, citizenship and sex.	Formularul cere numele, cetățenia și sexul.
Write your sex and age on the form.	Scrieți sexul și vârsta în formular.
former, ex-	fost
I'm divorced, but I talk to my ex-wife.	Sunt divorțat, dar vorbesc cu fosta mea soție.
My former boss sent me a message.	Fostul meu șef mi-a trimis un mesaj.
He's my old schoolmate.	El este fostul meu coleg de școală.
the pension	pensia
Grandpa gets a small pension.	Bunicul primește o pensie mică.
Mom retired last year.	Mama a ieșit la pensie anul trecut.
You can't live on this pension.	Nu poți trăi din pensia asta.
the teenager	adolescentul
My son is a teenager and doesn't listen to me.	Fiul meu este adolescent și nu mă ascultă.
When I was a teenager, I wanted to be an actor.	Când eram adolescent, voiam să fiu actor.
Teenagers sleep in late.	Adolescenții dorm până târziu.
the marital status	starea civilă
The form asks for your marital status.	Formularul cere starea civilă.
Write your marital status: married, divorced or widowed.	Scrieți starea civilă: căsătorit, divorțat sau văduv.
compulsory, required	obligatoriu
This field is required.	Acest câmp este obligatoriu.
The course isn't compulsory.	Cursul nu este obligatoriu.
You must have a passport.	Este obligatoriu să ai pașaport.
letter by letter (to spell out)	pe litere
Could you spell your name for me?	Puteți să-mi spuneți numele pe litere?
Spell the address for me, please.	Spune-mi adresa pe litere, te rog.

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