Airport & Customs

1. Vă rog, arătați pașaportul dumneavoastră

   vuh rog, uh-ruh-TATS pa-sha-POR-tul dum-nea-VOAS-truh

   Please show your passport

   Usage

   Standard phrase used by immigration officers

   Grammar Note

   Romanian follows SVO word order

2. Care este scopul vizitei dumneavoastră?

   KA-re YES-te SKO-pul vi-ZI-tei dum-nea-VOAS-truh

   What is the purpose of your visit?

   Usage

   Standard immigration question

   Grammar Note

   "Care este" = what is

3. Câte nopți plănuiți să rămâneți?

   KUH-te NOPTS pluh-nu-EETS suh ruh-MUH-nets

   How many nights are you planning to stay?

   Usage

   Commonly asked at immigration

   Grammar Note

   "Câte" = how many

4. Aveți ceva de declarat?

   a-VETS CHE-va de de-kla-RAT

   Do you have anything to declare?

   Usage

   Asked at customs

   Grammar Note

   "Aveți" = do you have

5. Bagajele mele nu au sosit încă

   ba-GA-je-le ME-le nu au so-SIT UN-kuh

   My luggage hasn't arrived

   Usage

   Tell baggage claim staff

   Grammar Note

   "Încă" = yet/still

6. Acesta este bagaj de mână

   a-CHES-ta YES-te ba-GAJ de MUH-nuh

   This is carry-on luggage

   Usage

   Tell airline staff at check-in or boarding gate

   Grammar Note

   "Mână" = hand

7. Sunt în tranzit

   sunt un tran-ZIT

   I'm in transit

   Usage

   Used at transit counters or immigration

   Grammar Note

   "În" = in

8. Unde este poarta de îmbarcare?

   UN-de YES-te POAR-ta de um-bar-KA-re

   Where is the gate?

   Usage

   Ask when looking for your boarding gate

   Grammar Note

   "Unde" = where. Romanian airports sign the boarding gate as "poarta de îmbarcare"; bare "poarta" is any gate or door, so "de îmbarcare" (boarding) is added to specify the boarding gate.

9. Când începe îmbarcarea?

   KUHND un-CHE-pe um-bar-KA-rea

   When does boarding begin?

   Usage

   Ask while waiting at the boarding gate

   Grammar Note

   "Când" = when

10. Unde este magazinul duty-free?

    UN-de YES-te ma-ga-ZI-nul duty-free

    Where is the duty-free shop?

    Usage

    Ask after clearing security

    Grammar Note

    The English term is used

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