• In this unit you will learn about :

• • About Romanian food and drink

• • More about plurals

• • How to say ' I would'

Dialog (Dialogue)

It’s Sunday :Merve and Meryem go out and eat in a well-known restaurant in Târgu-Jiu called Terasa Anna (The Anna Terrace Restaurant)
Chelnerul(The waiter):Buna ziua! Cu ce vă servim?
           Hello! How can we serve you?
Merve: Un meniu, vă rugăm..
   A menu, please.
Chelnerul: Sigur! Imediat!
   Sure! Right away!
Peste câteva minute:
(After a few minutes)
Chelnerul: Ce doriți să luați?
      What do you want to take?
Merv : Aș vrea caşcaval pane , ciorbă de burtă și patru mititei cu muștar.Tu, Meryam ,ce vrei să mănânci?
I would like cheese in breadcrumbs, tripe soup and four mititei (grilled minced meat rolls)with mustard, You, Meryem, what do you want to eat?
Meryem :Eu aș dori ficăţei de pui prăjiţi ca aperitiv,o ciorbă de perișoare , cotlet de porc la grătar și salată de castraveți murați.
     I would like fried chicken livers as an appetizer, soup with meatballs , grilled pork cutlet and pickled cucumber salad.
Chelnerul: Sigur. Și ce ați doriti de băut?
Sure. And what would you like to drink?
Meryem: Apa minerală.
Mineral water.
Merve: Apă minerală și pentru mine.
    Mineral water for me, too
Chelnerul: Desert doriți?
     Do you want dessert?
Merve : Da, eu aș vrea papanași cu smântână.
Yes, I would like cheese dumplings with cream.
Meryem :Iar eu vreau două clătite cu dulceață.
     And I want two pancakes with jam .
Chelnerul: Sigur, vă servim imediat..
     Sure ,you will be served immediately
Merve: Vă mulțumim!
     Thank you!

More plurals

As we have already mentioned , in Romanian the plural is formed according to the gender of the noun. Therefore:
I.Feminine nouns
1.Those ending in -ă form their plural by replacing the -ă by –e or by i:
ciorbă - ciorbe
supă - supe
piersică - piersici (apricot/s)
mașină – mașini(car/s)
2.Those ending in -e take i:
roşie - roşii
bere - beri
3.Those ending in -ură take -uri:
prăjitură .- prăjituri
salată - salate
clătită - c1ătite
4.Those ending in -ie take -ii:
iahnie - iahnii
5.Those ending in -ea take -ele:
cafea - cafele
cafenea-cafenele(coffee shop/s)
II.Neuter nouns
1.Neuter nouns that end in a consonant or in -i form their plural by adding -uri:
vin - vinuri
or by adding -e:
cotlet - cotlete
2.Those ending in -ou add ori to form the plural:
metrou - metrouri
birou - birouri
3.Those ending in -iu take -ii:
fotoliu - fotolii
stilou - stilouri
studiu - studii
III.Masculine nouns
Masculine nouns form their plural in i:
mititel - mititei
cârnaţ - cârnaţi
ficăţel - ficăţei

In the dialogue Merve says:
Aș vrea caşcaval pane(I would like cheese in breadcrumbs)

This form of the verb is known as the conditional. It is made up in Romanian of auxiliary forms plus the infinitive without a:

The conditional is most commonly used in Romanian in sentences that contain a clause introduced by the conjunction dacă 'if' (note that, in such sentences in English the past tense is generally used in the clause introduced by 'if'):
Dacă am avea bani am merge în Italia.
If we had enough money we would go to Italy.
Ei te-ar vizita dacă ar avea timp .
They would visit you if they had time.

Practice:

1.Imagine you are in a restaurant and order your lunch and dinner, using the folowing prompts:
Ca aperitiv aș dori...........
Aș vrea și o ciorbă/supă de .........
Pentru felul doi vreau...........
Ca desert aș vrea..........
De băut vreau...............
2. Write a short recipe of your favourite meal by simply listing the ingredients.
3.Translate into Romanian:
1 For breakfast I have a cup of coffee, bread and jam and a fruit salad.
2 At lunch Jane has country-style vegetable soup, fried trout and a beer.
3 In the evening the Ionescu family have pork on the bone with cabbage and pancakes with jam.
4 I would like to have beef broth and minced meat and rice rolled in pickled cabbage leaves with polenta (maize porridge),please.
5 Today we want to have beans with smoked ribs for lunch
6 For dessert, they have cheese dumplings with cream.
7.Would you like a cup of coffeee?
8. It I had money, 1 would buy a new flat.
9. Victor would like Murfatlar wine and Ioana would like Cotnari wine.
10. Susan would drink an espresso coffee.

A Glimpse of Romanian Culture:

Food in Everyday Life:

Breakfast is usually a simple meal consisting of bread, butter, and jam, as well as tea. Early afternoon is when the largest meal is consumed. Mititei, garlic-seasoned grilled sausage, is a popular appetizer. As a first course, borsch, a cabbage soup with bran, or ciorba, a lamb, mushroom, and other meats and vegetables soup, are popular. Main courses are typically meat-based, such as tocană, a garlic-and-onion-flavored pork stew. Sarmale, packed cabbage leaves with rice and pork, and mămăglia, a cornmeal dish commonly served with poached eggs, are two more popular meals. Side dishes consist of vegetables. Plăcinte, a type of pie, and baclava, a pastry composed of nuts and honey, are popular treats.
(https://www.everyculture.com/No-Sa/Romania.html)