Essential everyday greetings, farewells, and courtesy phrases.
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Salut! / Bună!
Hello! / Hi! (Salut is casual; bună is friendly, used with anyone.)
Bună dimineața.
Good morning. (Literally 'good morning' — dimineață = morning.)
Ce mai faci?
How are you? (informal) (Literally 'what more do you do?')
Ce mai faceți?
How are you? (formal)
Bine! Tu?
I'm good! And you? (Bine = well/good; comes from Latin 'bene'.)
Bună seara tuturor!
Good evening, everyone! (Tuturor — 'to everyone', dative of toți.)
Noapte bună, dragul meu. / draga mea.
Good night, darling. (Dragul meu (m) / draga mea (f) — 'my dear'.)
Cum te cheamă?
What's your name? (Literally 'how do they call you?' — reflexive construction.)
Mă cheamă Alex. Pe tine?
My name is Alex. And yours? (Literally 'they call me Alex. You?' — pe tine = accusative 'you'.)
Scuze, n-am înțeles.
Sorry, I didn't understand. (N-am = nu am ('I don't have'); past tense uses 'have' + participle.)
Mă scuzați.
Excuse me. (Literally 'excuse me' — formal; informal is 'scuză-mă'.)
Poftim?
Pardon? (Also means 'here you go' when handing something over.)
Te rog. / Vă rog.
Please. (Literally 'I beg you' — te rog informal, vă rog formal/plural.)
Mulțumesc pentru ajutor.
Thank you for your help. (Mulțumesc from a mulțumi (to thank/satisfy); pentru = for.)
Cu plăcere.
You're welcome. (Literally 'with pleasure'.)
Îmi pare bine!
Nice to meet you! (Literally 'it seems good to me'.)
La revedere.
Goodbye. (Literally 'to seeing again' — like French 'au revoir'.)
Pa!
Bye! (casual)
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