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RomanianSound
Pronunciation Examples
A, a
as in March, father, run,come, ap=water
mas=table
acum=now
, as in above, around, adjust, collide,*never found in initial position
cas=house
lun=moon, month
, *it has no equivalent in English*never found in initial position
cmp=field
mine=tomorrow
gnd=thought
B, b as in bottle, brave, boy, behind, bani=money
brbat=man
baie=toilet, bathroom
C, c
as in cry, course, crime, crowd, copil=child
calm=calm
curaj=courage
*as in China, cherry, choice - everytime C is
followed by E or I;
ceas=clock
rece=cold
cine=who
*as in kilogram, when its followed by the
group HI
chitar=guitar
ochi=eye, eyes
chimie=chemistry
*as in chemistry, when its followed by the
group HE
pereche=pair
a cheltui=to spendD, d as in door, do, dinner, date, da=yes
disear=tonight
E, e as in elephant, merry, any, yes, exemplu=example
episod=episode
bere=beer
F, f as in flag, fortune, false, female, foame=hunger
fat=girl
familie=family
goal, great, guy, gate, gri=graygol=empty, goal
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G, g *as in Jim, jet, gentle, gel, gin - everytime G
is followed by E or i;
gen=type
general=general
rege=king
pagin=page
regin=queen
geam=window
G, g*as in gate, game when its followed by thegroup HE
ghea=iceghete=boots
*as in gift, guitar, when its followed by the
group HI
unghi=angle
ghid=guide
H, h as in house, heat, horse, hran=food
haine=clothes
I, i as in sheep, eager, trick, yellow, ieri=yesterdayiarn=winter
inim=heart
, *has no equivalent in English*only found in initial and final position
*has the same pronunciation with ,
n=ina ur=to hate
nc=still
J, j as in garage, measure, treasure, joc=gamejoi=Thursday
jaf=robbery
K, k as in bike, break, cake, kind,
*there are only a few words that contain
this letter
kilogram=kilogram
kilometru=kilometer
L, l as in lonely, lake, salary, slow, la=at
lake=lac
cal=horse
M, m as in money, smoke, summer, mind, main=car
mam=mother
mari=Tuesday
munc=work
N, n as in nothing, neat, needle, name, nume=name
nisip=sand
O, o as in voice, door, raw, daughter,sought, fall, om=humanopt=eight
P, p as in pay, place, appearance, plot, prob=test
picior=foot
prieten=friend
poate=maybe
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Q, q as in kettle, Kindle,
*Q is one of the rarest letters in the alphabet;
*most of the words containing it are of foreign origin.
R, r *has no direct correspondent in English,
where it is pronounced as in right, reason.
ru=bad
romn=Romanianrepede=fast
S, s as in sea, song, surprise, season, sare=salt
soare=sun
sor=sister
sond=well
, as in short, relationship, sugar, i=andarpe=snake
T, t as in tea, time, topic, telephone, timp=time
tot=everythingtelevizor=TV
, as in pizza, tsunami, ar=countryigri=cigarettes
puin=a little
U, u as in cow, lunatic, tattoo, chew, group, unde=whereur=hate
uor=easy
V, v as in vain, vision, volcano, love, verde=green
vineri=FridayW, w *also rare and of foreign origin
*usually pronounced as in English
web
week-end
X, x as in six, example, sticks, toxic=toxic
Y, y Y is a very rare letter of the alphabet;
*most of the words containing it are of
foreign origin.
yeti
yankeu=yankee
yard
Z, z as in zebra, zipper, sounds, zar=dice
zi=day
azi=today
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