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Romanian vocabulary A1: Reading and pronunciation

A1 Catalogue 12 cards

The Romanian sounds and spellings an English speaker reads differently: ă, â and î, ș, ț, c and ch, g and gh, j, the final i, ea, oa, the e of este and el, and the rolled r. Each sound is heard in a word, then recognised by ear and on the page. Nothing is typed.

12 Romanian words at level A1, with their translation.

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RomânăEnglish
ă [ə]
â, î [ɨ]
ș [ʃ]
ț [ts]
ce, ci / che, chi [tʃ] / [k]
ge, gi / ghe, ghi [dʒ] / [ɡ]
j [ʒ]
-i [ʲ]
ea [e̯a]
oa [o̯a]
e- [je]
r [r]

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