Salutări și politețe · احوالپرسی و ادب
Core vocabulary, practical expressions, and usage rules for Salutări și politețe in Romanian with verified English and Persian definitions.
Salutul
After this step: Can greet someone at any time of day
Standard morning greeting until noon. Structure: feminine adjective bună + definite feminine noun dimineața.
Standard formal greeting during the day (contrasts with informal salut/bună). Structure: feminine adjective bună + definite feminine noun ziua.
Standard evening greeting. Structure: feminine adjective bună + definite feminine noun seara.
Bedtime farewell. Unlike bună dimineața/ziua/seara where adjective precedes definite noun, here the indefinite noun precedes the adjective (word order inversion). All four nouns are feminine, hence bună is used in all.
Parting wish during daytime. Indefinite noun zi followed by adjective bună.
Da, nu, la revedere
After this step: Can open and close an exchange
Standard formal farewell (contrasts with informal pa). Literal meaning: until seeing each other again.
Informal farewell used among close friends (contrasts with formal la revedere).
Politețe
After this step: Can ask and thank, and tell formal from informal
Formal politeness formula with clitic vă (contrasting with informal te rog). Formal dumneavoastră aligns with voi plural verb/clitics.
Informal request formula among close friends (contrasting with formal vă rog).
Formal thank you combining clitic vă and first person singular mulțumesc.
First person plural form of a mulțumi used when thanking on behalf of a group.
Standard polite response to
Scuze
After this step: Can apologise
Feminine noun whose plural form
Short everyday apology using the plural form of the noun scuză.
Standard formula for expressing regret or sympathy. Structure: dative clitic îmi + 3rd person pare + adverb rău (cited directly under părea in DEX).
Ce mai faci?
After this step: Can ask how someone is, and answer
Adverb widely used in greeting responses (
Formal greeting or addressed to multiple people using second-person plural faceți of a face. Formal dumneavoastră always takes plural verb. Contrasts with informal Ce mai faci?.
Informal friendly greeting using second-person singular faci (contrasts with formal Ce mai faceți?). Adverb mai functions as greeting marker.
Standard polite response to greeting inquiries Ce mai faci? and Ce mai faceți?. Combines adverb bine and verb mulțumesc.
Prezentarea
After this step: Can introduce themselves — the first complete conversation
Feminine noun used in the locution
Formal inquiry about one
Standard polite formula for self-introduction with reflexive mă and first-person numesc of a numi.
Common expression upon meeting someone meaning
Cuvintele
After this step: Can see what those set phrases are built from
Base adjective meaning
Feminine singular of bun. Used in greetings before or after feminine nouns.
Adverb used with verb părea in the expression of apology and sympathy
Greeting and comparative adverb used in phrases like Ce mai faci?. Homograph of the month May, but an independent word with no inflectional relation.
Neuter noun (salutul / saluturi) used as an informal greeting (Salut!) per dictionary definition.
Informal farewell greeting among friends and close acquaintances.
Feminine verbal noun used in the standard formal farewell locution