Romanian: An Essential Grammar

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ISBN: 9780415338257 | 0415338255
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Copyright: 10/30/2007

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This book is suitable for independent and classroom learners, ideal for the beginner to intermediate student, and takes the reader through the essentials of the language explaining each concept clearly and providing many examples of contemporary Romanian usage. The book contains: a chapter on each of the most common grammatical areas with Romanian and English examples extensive examples of the more difficult areas of the grammar an appendix listing relevant websites for further information on the Romanian language.

Foreword	p. xi
Acknowledgements	p. xii
Abbreviations	p. xiii
Grammar	p. 1
Sounds and letters	p. 3
The Romanian alphabet	p. 3
Vowels	p. 4
Consonants	p. 5
Diphthongs and triphthongs	p. 8
Stress and intonation	p. 13
Nouns	p. 15
Gender	p. 15
Forming the feminine from a masculine noun	p. 19
Number	p. 22
Case	p. 29
Compound nouns	p. 32
Articles	p. 34
Indefinite article	p. 34
Definite article	p. 36
Demonstrative or adjectival article	p. 41
Possessive article	p. 42
Adjectives	p. 44
Types of adjective	p. 44
Comparison	p. 46
Agreement	p. 48
Case	p. 49
Position	p. 50
Other types of adjective	p. 51
Pronouns	p. 59
Personal pronouns	p. 59
Polite form pronouns	p. 64
Possessive pronouns	p. 66
Demonstrative pronouns	p. 66
Negative pronouns	p. 67
Indefinite pronouns	p. 68
Interrogative-relative pronouns	p. 73
Emphatic pronouns	p. 74
Reflexive pronouns	p. 75
Numerals	p. 78
Cardinal numerals	p. 78
Ordinal numerals	p. 81
Verbs	p. 83
Moods and tenses	p. 83
Indicative	p. 83
Presumptive	p. 107
Subjunctive	p. 110
Conditional	p. 115
Imperative	p. 118
Infinitive	p. 120
Gerund	p. 122
Participles	p. 124
Supine	p. 125
Passive voice	p. 126
Reflexive verbs	p. 127
Impersonal, unipersonal and bipersonal verbs	p. 129
Sequence of tenses	p. 130
Verbal phrases	p. 130
Adverbs	p. 132
Formation	p. 132
Comparison	p. 133
Uses	p. 135
Mai, si, tot, prea, chiar	p. 136
Adverbs and the genitive	p. 136
Prepositions	p. 138
Formation	p. 138
Prepositional phrases	p. 139
Uses	p. 139
Verbs followed by specific prepositions	p. 140
Conjunctions	p. 143
Coordinating conjunctions	p. 143
Subordinating conjunctions	p. 144
Interjections	p. 149
Types	p. 149
Word formation	p. 151
Suffixes	p. 151
Prefixes	p. 153
Compound words	p. 155
Language functions	p. 157
Socializing	p. 159
General greetings	p. 159
Seasonal greetings	p. 162
Good wishes and congratulations	p. 163
Introductions	p. 164
Forms of address	p. 164
Talking about one's health	p. 167
Talking about the weather	p. 169
Directions	p. 169
Making excuses	p. 171
At the table	p. 171
Exchanging factual information	p. 172
Identifying people	p. 172
Identifying things	p. 173
Asking for information	p. 175
Offering information	p. 176
Reporting, narrating	p. 176
Letter writing	p. 178
Expressing opinions and attitudes	p. 181
Agreement and disagreement	p. 181
Remembering something or someone	p. 183
Possibility and probability	p. 184
Incomprehension and clarification	p. 185
Certainty and uncertainty	p. 186
Judgement and evaluation	p. 187
Expressing pleasure or liking	p. 187
Expressing displeasure or dislike	p. 188
Enquiring and expressing interest	p. 188
Expressing surprise	p. 190
Expressing hope	p. 190
Expressing satisfaction and dissatisfaction	p. 191
Expressing approval and disapproval	p. 191
Expressing preference	p. 193
Expressing gratitude, sympathy, appreciation	p. 194
Expressing happiness and unhappiness	p. 195
Apologizing	p. 196
Expressing disappointment, worry, fear	p. 196
Expressing regret and indifference	p. 197
Accusing	p. 198
Glossary of grammatical terms	p. 199
List of verbs	p. 201
Useful Romanian websites	p. 212
Bibliography	p. 215
Index	p. 216
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