English Lesson 1

-Major Differences
-Alphabet
-Consonants/Vowels
-Practical Expressions
-5 Important Verbs
 Nişte Major Diferenţia
Major Diferenţia 1

Alfabetul/Alphabet

Alfabetul de Engleză nu are:

Ăă, Ââ, Îî, Şş, Ţţ

Alfabetul de Engleză are:

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 Major Diferenţia 2
Masculin (m)/Feminin (f) şi Singular (s)/Plural (p)

Nouns

In Limba Română (4 cuvinte)

voluntar (m/s), voluntară (f/s), voluntari (m/p), voluntare (f/p)
student (m/s), studentă (f/s), studenți (m/p), studente (f/p)

In Limba Engleză (2 cuvinte)

volunteer (m-f/s), volunteers (m-f/p)
student (m-f/s), students (m-f/p)

Adjectives

In Limba Română (4 cuvinte)

activ (m/s), activă (f/s), activi (m/p), active (f/p)
interesant (m/s), interesantă (f/s), interesanţi (m/p), interesante (f/p)

In Limba Engleză (1 cuvânt)

active (m-f/s-p)
interesting (m-f/s-p)
 Major Diferenţia 3

Noun/Adjective
In Limba Română
maşină verde
casă mare

In Limba Engleză
green car
big house
 Major Diferenţia 4

Subject/Pronoun
In Limba Română
casă mea
grădină ta

In Limba Engleză
my house
your garden
 Major Diferenţia 5

Pronouns
(a fi) (to be)
Eu (sînt) I (am)
Tu (eşti) You (are)
El (este) He (is)
Ea (este) She (is)
Noi (sîntem) We (are)
Voi (sinteți) You (p) (are)
Ei (sînt) They (are)
Ele (sînt) They (are)
 The English Alphabet – 26 letters
• Aa • Ll • Ww
• Bb • Mm • Xx
• Cc • Nn • Yy
• Dd • Oo • Zz
• Ee • Pp
• Ff • Qq Vowels: a,e,i,o,u
• Gg • Rr Consonants
• Hh • Ss
• Ii • Tt
• Jj • Uu
• Kk • Vv
 The 5 Vowels (alone and together)
A, E, I, O, U – a, e, i, o, u
• /A/ day, face, ate
• /a/ hat, sat
• /E/ even, equal
• /e/ pet, leg, hen
• /I/ I
• /i/ pit, sit
• /O/ nose, go, note
• /o/ hot, pot, bomb
ai
• /ai/ hair, air
ea, ee, ei
• /ea/ meat, tea, ear
• /ee/ beer, seen
• /ei/ weight, neighbor
oi, oo, ou
• /oi/ oil, soil
• /oo/ book, spoon
• /ou/ tour, pour

• /U/ use
• /u/ luck, sun
 Consonants (with 1 letter)
• /b/ bit, boy • /s/ send, stone
• /c/ cat, car • */ju/ leisure,
• /d/ door, dog, did illusion,
• /f/ fan, find, fat pleasure
• /g/ get, gone • /t/ time, tool, tea
• /h/ hat, horse • /v/ van,
vegetable
• /j/ jump, joke, jam • /w/ wet, wool,
• /k/ key why
• /l/ leg, lock • /x/ ------
• /m/ man, moon • /y/ yet, yawn, yes
• /n/ nice, nurse, net • /z/ zipper, zoo
• /p/ pit, pick
• /q/ quick, quiet
• /r/ rat, run, red
 Reading of Consonants (with 2 letters)
• ch chess • sh she
• ck [k] luck • th thin, this
• ph [f] phone • tch catch
• gn [n] gnaw
• kn [n] knife
• ng long
• nk think
• qu [kw] question
 Practical Expressions
• My name is … Mă numesc …
• Good morning. Buna dimineaţa.
• Good day/afternoon. Buna ziuă.
• Good evening. Buna seara.
• Good night. Noapta buna.
• Hello. Salut.
• Good bye. La revedere.
• Please. Poftim/Va rog.
• Thank you. Mulţumesc.
• You’re welcome/
With pleasure. Cu placere.
• Excuse me! Scuzaţi!
• Excuse me, Please. Scuzaţi, va rog.
5 Important Irregular Verbs
• To be ‘a fi’
• To have ‘a avea’
• To do ‘a face’
• To go ‘a merge’
• To want ‘a vrea’
 “to be” – “a fi”
to be a fi
i am eu sint
you are tu esti
he is el este
she is ea este
we are noi sintem
you are voi sinteti
they are ei sint
they are ele sint
To Be: Who (cine), From (din) and Where (unde)
De unde sînteţi?
to be Din şi In
i am Moldovan Moldova
you are American America
he is Romanian Romania
she is Ukrainian Ukraine
we are Russian Russia
you are Bulgarian Bulgaria
they are German Germany
they are Italian Italy
 Vocabulary (vocabular)
• Hello Salut
• Hi! Buna
• Yes Da
• No Nu
• And Şi
• But Dar
• Who Cine
• What Ce
• When Cînd
• Where Unde
• Why De ce
• How Cum
• With Cu
• Now Acum
• Then Apoi
 “to have” – “a avea”
to have a avea
i have eu am
you have tu ai
he has el are
she has ea are
we have noi avem
you have voi aveti
they have ei au
they have ele au
 “to want” – “a vrea”
to want a vrea
i want eu vreau
you want tu vrei
he wants el vrea
she wants ea vrea
we want noi vrem
you want voi vreti
they want ei vor
they want ele vor
 “to do” – “a face”
to do a face
i do (i am doing...) eu fac
you do (you are doing...) tu faci
he does (he is doing...) el face
she does (she is doing...) ea face
we do (we are doing...) noi facem
you do (you are doing...) voi faceti
they do (they are doing...) ei fac
they do (they are doing...) ele fac
PRESENT: add –ing to the base word.
• What are you doing?
- I am eating...studying...learning...working..
writing.
• What is he doing?
• What is she doing?
• What are we doing?
• What are they doing?
FUTURE:
• What will you do?
- I will eat. I will study. I will work. I will learn.
• What will he do?
• What will she do?
• What will we do?
• What will they do?
 “to go” – “a merge”
to go a merge
i go (am going) eu merg
you go (are going) tu mergi
he goes (is going) el merge
she goes (is going) ea merge
we go (are going) noi mergem
you go (are going) voi mergeti
they go (are going) ei merg
they go (are going) ele merg
 “to go” – “a merge”
to go Unde?
i go (am going) To (la) Church (Biserica)

you go (are going) To (la) School (scoala)

he goes (is going) To (la) Store (magazin)

she goes (is going) To (la) Chisinau

we go (are going) To (la) Restaurant

you go (are going) To (la) Park (parc)

they go (are going) To (la) Work (serviciu)

they go (are going) To (la) Romania

PRESENT: add –ing to the base word.
• Where are you going?
- I am going to the store...to the zoo...to the
club...to the doctor.
• Where is he going?
• Where is she going?
• Where are we going?
• Where are they going?
FUTURE:
• Where will you go?
- I will go home...to the club...to the park...to the
zoo.
• Where will he go?
• Where will she go?
• Where will we go?
• Where will they go?
Gata. Ajunge.