Time and days in Romanian
Now, later, tomorrow, what time it opens and one moment please. Play the ten Romanian words against the clock, with a note on how locals really use each one after every answer. All ten are written out below.
All 10 Romanian phrases in this lesson
- Acumah-KOOM
- Now
- Mai târziumy TUR-zyoo
- Later
- AziAH-zee
- Today
- MâineMUY-neh
- Tomorrow
- Disearădee-SYAH-ruh
- Tonight
- Când?kund
- When?
- La ce oră deschideți?lah cheh OH-ruh des-KEE-dets
- What time does it open?
- O clipă, vă rogoh KLEE-puh, vuh ROG
- One moment, please
- Minutemee-NOO-teh
- Minutes
- OreOH-reh
- Hours
Acum chiar (ah-KOOM kyahr) means "right now". Imediat (ee-meh-DYAHT), immediately, is what you might hear from a waiter meaning your order is coming.
Târziu means late. Mai târziu is later or "at a later time". Just saying târziu alone also works in casual conversation.
Short and easy. Astăzi (AHS-tuh-zee) is the slightly more formal version meaning the same thing. Both are used; azi is more common in speech.
The â again gives that deep "uh" sound. Poimâine (poy-MUY-neh) is the day after tomorrow, a word that comes in handy.
Literally "a blink, please".