Colloquial Romanian: The Complete Course for Beginners

344 Pages·2011·3.79 MB·English

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* Albanian * Japanese
* Amharic * Korean
Arabi(cL ev ant in)e * Latvian
* Arabiocf E gypt * Lithuanian
Arabiocf t heG ulf Malay
andS audAir abia * Mongolian
Basque * Norwegian
* Breton Panjabi
Bulgarian * Persian
* Cambodian * Polish
* Cantonese * Portuguese
* Catalan * PortugueosfBe r aziI
* Chinese * Romanian
* Croaatnia ndS erbian * Russian
* Czech * ScottiGsahe lic
* Danish * Slovak
* Dutch * Slovene
* English Somali
* Estonian * Spanish
* Finnish * SpanisohfL atiAnm erica
* French * Swahili
* German * Swedish
* Greek * Tamil
Gujarati * Thai
* Hebrew * Turkish
* Hindi * Ukrainian
* Hungarian Urdu
* Icelandic * Vietnamese
* lndonesian *W elsh
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Conetnts
Acknowledgements vii
Itnrdoutcino ix
1 Bunzăui a 1
Goodda y
2 BuvneniÎtnR omânia 13
WelcotmoRe o mania
3 Înv acnaţă 27
Onh oliday
4 Câte ceasul? 39
Wha'ttsh tei me?
5 Lar esutraant 51
At trhees taurant
6 Timpuplr obbail 65
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7 Lap oştă 77
Att hPeo sOtf tice
8 Lac umpărtăuri 90
Goisnhgo pping
9 Vreua mo aşinnă ouă 101
Buyinang e wc ar
10 Recpaitluaer 161
Revision
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11C eartÎăn f amilie 126
Trouabtl eh ome
12P rtieenii 141
Freidnships
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A vistiott hd eo ctor
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16B ârfă 201
Gossip
17S portrui 215
Sptosr
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19O poveste 243
Betdimset ory
20R ecpatiualre 252
Revision
Keyt oe xrecises 258
Romaniavner tba ble 278
Romani-aEnnglgilsoshsar y 296
Englsih-Romanigaolns sray 314
Acknoweldgemenst
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