Beginner learning path
A1 Romanian grammar: a guided beginner path
A six-stage learning path through A1 Romanian grammar, moving from the alphabet and diacritics to noun phrases, basic sentences, verbs, questions and connectors, and everyday numbers and time. Each stage puts the beginner material in a dependable order, letting you read Romanian accurately and build, follow, and expand simple everyday sentences with confidence.
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Read and understand the forms
- The Romanian alphabetLearn all 31 letters of the modern Romanian alphabet, how marked letters are sorted, and how C, G, and their letter groups guide reading.CompletedA1
- Romanian pronunciation and reading rulesLearn the seven core vowel sounds, key consonants, and the reading patterns that help you pronounce familiar Romanian words.CompletedA1
- Romanian diacritics: ă, â, î, ș, and țLearn the five Romanian letters with diacritics and the basic spelling choice between â and î.CompletedA1
- The grammar terms used in this libraryLearn the core labels this library uses for Romanian word classes, sentence roles, word forms, agreement, and usage.CompletedA1
Build a Romanian noun phrase
- Romanian noun gender: masculine, feminine, and neuterLearn how Romanian’s three noun genders work and use the singular and plural together to recognize them.CompletedA1
- Romanian indefinite articles: un, o, and nișteLearn how Romanian uses un, o, and niște before nouns to mean a, an, or some.CompletedA1
- The Romanian definite article: how to say “the”Romanian normally puts the definite article at the end of the noun: casă becomes casa, the house.CompletedA1
- How Romanian noun plurals workLearn the main Romanian plural endings and why each noun should be learned with its singular and plural form.CompletedA1
- Romanian adjective agreementLearn how Romanian adjectives match nouns in gender and number, including the neuter pattern and common unchanged forms.CompletedA1
Make basic sentences
- Basic Romanian word orderStart with neutral subject–verb–object order, then see when Romanian omits a subject or moves information for a reason.CompletedA1
- Romanian subject pronouns — and when to leave them outLearn the eight core Romanian subject pronouns, how gender and number shape the third person, and when an explicit pronoun is useful.CompletedA1
- The present tense of a fi: Romanian “to be”Learn the complete present-tense paradigm of a fi and use it for identity, description, location, existence, negation, and questions.CompletedA1
- The present tense of a avea: to haveLearn am, ai, are, avem, aveți, and au for possession, age, need, questions, and negation.CompletedA1
- Polite pronouns: dumneavoastră and related formsLearn how Romanian chooses polite address forms and how verbs and adjectives agree with dumneavoastră.CompletedA1
Talk about actions and circumstances
- The Romanian infinitive and dictionary formLearn how Romanian dictionaries cite verbs with a + short infinitive, how to spot a useful stem, and when the bare form appears in real sentences.CompletedA1
- Present-tense patterns for -a verbsLearn the two main present-tense patterns for Romanian verbs ending in -a, including when to use -ez and how to handle spelling changes.CompletedA1
- Adverbs of time and frequencyLearn common Romanian adverbs for when and how often something happens, including natural placement and negative patterns.CompletedA1
- Adverbs of place and directionLearn the Romanian adverbs for here, there, up, down, near, far, and the place questions built with unde.CompletedA1
Ask, answer, and connect
- Romanian negation with nuLearn where Romanian puts nu in simple and compound verb groups, short replies, constituent contrast, and negative concord.CompletedA1
- Romanian yes–no questionsForm neutral Romanian yes–no questions with ordinary word order, clear intonation, and short or complete answers.CompletedA1
- Core Romanian question wordsLearn the seven core Romanian question words and use them in clear A1 questions about people, things, place, time, manner, reasons, and quantity.CompletedA1
- Coordinating conjunctions: și, dar, sau, iarLearn how Romanian uses și, dar, sau, and iar to add, contrast, or present alternatives in words and clauses.CompletedA1
- Core Romanian prepositionsLearn the main Romanian prepositions for place, source, association, purpose, absence, and limits, plus the noun forms that follow them.CompletedA1
Handle everyday numbers and time
- Romanian cardinal numbersLearn the Romanian cardinal numbers from zero upward, including gender-sensitive forms, compounds, and the linker de.CompletedA1
- Gender agreement with one and twoLearn when Romanian uses un, o, doi, and două with masculine, feminine, and neuter nouns.CompletedA1
- Dates, days, and monthsLearn the Romanian weekdays and months, write calendar dates, and say when something happens.CompletedA1
- Telling the time in RomanianLearn how to ask and tell the time in Romanian, including minutes past and to the hour, exact appointments, and everyday clock-time forms.CompletedA1