The START LR manual is addressed to foreign citizens studying Romanian and is designed for level A1 according to the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages. The book contains 10 thematic units that help to fix the basic knowledge of grammar as well as to acquire a useful vocabulary in real life situations such as: at the secretariat, in the taxi, at the doctor, at shopping, etc.
This manual aims to acquire oral and written communication skills in various contexts. It can be used by Romanian language teachers as a foreign language or for individual study.
MIHAELA PRICOPE
Contents / 5
Let's get acquainted with the Romanian language (introductory lesson) / 7
- the alphabet of the Romanian language
- phonetic elements (groups ce, ci, ghe, ghi, chi, che)
Unit 1: Who are you? / 11
- the verbs to be and to be called
- nationalities
Unit 2: Time decides them all / 23
- seasons, weather, date
- the verb to like
Unit 3: About me / 36
- the cardinal numeral, the verb to have
- professions, time expression
Unit 4: Directions and location / 50
- prepositions of place
- gender and number of nouns
- objects and places
Cultural objective 1: Romania and the Romanians / 69
Unit 5: Family environment / 71
- the article, the possessive adjective
- household items, real estate ads
Unit 6: Food and drink / 86
- food and drink
- useful phrases at the restaurant
- the verb in the infinitive
Unit 7: Daily activities / 100
- verbs in - a and - ea: present indicative
- activities
- vocabulary specific to cinema, secretarial
Cultural objective 2: Dacians and Romanians / 116
Unit 8: Events and holidays / 118
- verbs in -i: present indicative
- reflexive verbs
- guests
Unit 9: In society / 132
- specific vocabulary at the hairdresser
- expression of moods - degrees of comparison of the adjective
- the adjective and the demonstrative pronoun
Cultural objective 3: Folk costume. Ia / 146
Unit 10: About health / 148
- body parts, vocabulary specific to the doctor
- personal pronoun in Accusative
- present conjunctive tense
The key to the exercises / 160
Transcription of registered texts / 174
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