Flirting

1. Ești foarte frumoasă

   YESH-ti FOAR-te froo-MWA-suh

   You are very beautiful

   Usage

   Complimenting a woman's appearance

   Grammar Note

   frumoasă is the feminine form. For a male, use frumos. Romanian adjectives agree in gender and number

2. Îmi place zâmbetul tău

   UHM-i PLA-che ZUHM-be-tul tuh

   I like your smile

   Usage

   A natural compliment about someone's smile

   Grammar Note

   îmi place is the Romanian equivalent of "I like." îmi is the dative form of the first-person pronoun

3. Pot să te invit la o cafea?

   pot suh te in-VIT la o ka-FEA

   Can I invite you for a coffee?

   Usage

   Asking someone you are interested in out for coffee

   Grammar Note

   pot să + subjunctive construction. te is the accusative form of "you" as direct object

4. Ești cel mai amuzant om pe care l-am întâlnit

   YESH-ti chel mai a-moo-ZANT om pe KA-re lam un-TUL-nit

   You are the most amusing person I have met

   Usage

   Complimenting someone's personality and humor

   Grammar Note

   Romanian superlative: cel mai + adjective. cel agrees in gender with the noun (cel for masculine)

5. Vrei să dansezi cu mine?

   VREY suh dan-SE-zi ku MI-ne

   Would you like to dance with me?

   Usage

   Asking someone to dance at a party or club

   Grammar Note

   vrei să + subjunctive for "do you want to." cu mine: preposition cu (with) + stressed pronoun mine

6. Ochii tăi sunt minunați

   O-kii TUH-i sunt mi-noo-NATS-i

   Your eyes are wonderful

   Usage

   Complimenting someone's eyes

   Grammar Note

   tăi is the masculine plural of tău (your). minunați is the masculine plural adjective agreeing with ochii

7. Pot să am numărul tău de telefon?

   pot suh am noo-MUH-rul tuh-oo de te-le-FON

   Can I have your phone number?

   Usage

   Asking someone for their phone number

   Grammar Note

   numărul tău de telefon: definite noun + possessive + descriptive phrase with de. de links the noun to its type

8. Îmi place mult cum râzi

   um-i PLA-che mult kum RUZ-i

   I really like the way you laugh

   Usage

   Complimenting someone on the way they laugh

   Grammar Note

   cum + verb creates a "how/the way" clause. îmi place + clause expresses enjoyment of an action

9. Ești persoana cu care vreau să petrec timpul

   YESH-ti per-SOA-na ku KA-re VREAU suh PE-trek TIM-pul

   You are the person I want to spend time with

   Usage

   Expressing romantic interest in spending time with someone

   Grammar Note

   cu care: preposition cu + relative pronoun care. Romanian uses care as the general relative pronoun

10. Mi-e dor de tine

    mee-e dor de TI-ne

    I miss you

    Usage

    Telling someone you have been missing them

    Grammar Note

    mi-e dor de is a uniquely Romanian construction for "I miss." Literally "longing is to me of [person]"

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