Dating & Romance

1. Ești foarte frumoasă

   eshti FOAr-te fru-MOA-suh

   You are very beautiful

   Usage

   Complimenting someone on their beauty

   Grammar Note

   "frumoasă" is the feminine form of "frumos" (beautiful). Used for female recipients. Use "frumos" for males.

2. Vrei să ieșim la o cafea?

   VREI suh ie-SHIM la o ca-FEA

   Do you want to go out for a coffee?

   Usage

   A casual invitation for coffee that could be a date

   Grammar Note

   "Vrei să ieșim" = "do you want us to go out". "ieșim" is the 1st plural subjunctive "we (should) go out".

3. Mă gândesc la tine tot timpul

   muh guhn-DESK la TI-ne tot TIM-pul

   I think about you all the time

   Usage

   Expressing that someone is always on your mind

   Grammar Note

   "a se gândi" (to think) is a reflexive verb in Romanian. "la tine" = "about you" (la + personal pronoun).

4. Ești liberă sâmbătă seara?

   yesht LI-be-ruh SUHM-buh-tuh SEA-ra

   Are you free on Saturday evening?

   Usage

   Checking someone's availability for a date on Saturday evening

   Grammar Note

   "liberă" is feminine; use "liber" for male. "sâmbătă" (Saturday) comes from Hebrew "Shabbat".

5. Zâmbetul tău este minunat

   ZUHM-be-tul tuh ES-te mi-nu-NAT

   Your smile is wonderful

   Usage

   A romantic compliment about someone's smile

   Grammar Note

   "tău" is the possessive adjective for masculine nouns. "ta" is used with feminine nouns.

6. Mi-e dor de tine

   MYEH dor deh TI-ne

   I miss you

   Usage

   Expressing that you miss someone who is away

   Grammar Note

   "dor" is a uniquely Romanian emotional concept expressing longing/yearning — similar to Portuguese "saudade". The construction is fixed: dative pronoun + "a fi" + "dor" + "de" + the person missed (mi-e / ți-e / i-e dor de …).

7. Vrei să mergi cu mine la cinematograf?

   VREI suh MER-ji cu MI-ne la chi-ne-ma-to-GRAF

   Would you like to go to the cinema with me?

   Usage

   Inviting someone on a cinema date

   Grammar Note

   "cinematograf" from Greek "kinema" (movement) + "graphe" (writing). Retains more of the original form than English "cinema".

8. Te iubesc

   te iu-BESK

   I love you

   Usage

   Declaring love to someone

   Grammar Note

   "a iubi" (to love) is unusual — it's borrowed from Slavic "ljubiti" rather than inherited from Latin "amare".

9. Ești sufletul meu pereche

   eshti su-FLE-tul meu pe-RE-che

   You are my soulmate

   Usage

   Expressing that someone is your perfect match or soulmate

   Grammar Note

   "suflet pereche" literally means "paired soul". "suflet" (soul) is of Slavic origin — an unusual feature for a Romance language.

10. Ieșim împreună de trei luni

    ie-SHIM uhm-pre-U-nuh de TREI LU-ni

    We have been going out for three months

    Usage

    Telling someone how long you have been in a relationship

    Grammar Note

    "Ieșim împreună" (we go out together) is the colloquial expression for dating. Literally "we go out together".

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