Compliments

1. Ai un gust vestimentar excelent

   ay un gust ves-ti-men-TAR ex-che-LENT

   You have excellent taste in clothing

   Usage

   Complimenting someone's fashion sense or clothing choices

   Grammar Note

   vestimentar is the adjective form of vestiment (clothing). excelent is a predicative adjective here

2. Româna ta este foarte bună

   ro-MUH-na ta ES-te FOAR-te BU-nuh

   Your Romanian is very good

   Usage

   Complimenting a Romanian language learner on their skills

   Grammar Note

   ta is the feminine possessive adjective (your). bună is feminine agreeing with româna

3. Ești foarte talentat

   YESH-ti FOAR-te ta-len-TAT

   You are very talented

   Usage

   Complimenting someone's skill or natural ability

   Grammar Note

   talentat is the masculine form. Use talentată for a female subject

4. Mâncarea ta este delicioasă

   mun-KA-rea ta YES-te de-li-CHWA-suh

   Your cooking is delicious

   Usage

   Complimenting someone's home cooking

   Grammar Note

   mâncare is feminine, so the definite article -a is added. delicioasă is the feminine adjective form

5. Ești o persoană extraordinară

   YESH-ti o per-SOA-nuh ex-tra-or-di-NA-ruh

   You are an extraordinary person

   Usage

   Expressing strong admiration for someone's character or personality

   Grammar Note

   persoană is feminine, so the adjective must be feminine too: extraordinară (not extraordinar)

6. Îți stă bine această culoare

   uts-i stuh BI-ne a-CHYAS-tuh koo-LOA-re

   That color suits you well

   Usage

   Telling someone a particular color looks good on them

   Grammar Note

   îți stă bine is a fixed expression for "suits you." îți is the dative form of "you"

7. Ești foarte inteligent

   YESH-ti FOAR-te in-te-li-JENT

   You are very intelligent

   Usage

   Complimenting someone's intelligence

   Grammar Note

   inteligent is masculine; for a female use inteligentă. Adjective endings change by gender in Romanian

8. Orașul vostru este superb

   o-RASH-ul VOS-tru YES-te soo-PERB

   Your city is superb

   Usage

   Complimenting locals on their beautiful city

   Grammar Note

   vostru is the masculine plural possessive "your (pl.)." superb is the masculine predicative adjective

9. Ai o voce frumoasă

   ay o VO-che froo-MWA-suh

   You have a beautiful voice

   Usage

   Complimenting someone's singing voice or speaking voice

   Grammar Note

   voce is a feminine noun, so the adjective frumoasă uses the feminine form instead of frumos

10. Felicitări pentru realizarea ta

    fe-li-chi-TUHRI PEN-tru re-a-li-ZA-rea ta

    Congratulations on your achievement

    Usage

    Congratulating someone on a personal or professional achievement

    Grammar Note

    felicitări is the plural of felicitare (congratulation). realizarea: realizare + definite -a

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