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Beginner: Introduce yourself

Saying hello, your name, your age with the numbers up to thirty and where you live, using tu with a classmate, ending in a three-sentence self-introduction. Topics: Say hello and give your name, Say how old you are, Say where you live, Introduce yourself: full role-play.

Beginner: Getting to know someone

Asking someone to repeat or slow down, saying where you are from and what languages you speak, what you do and what you like, and saying goodbye, with sunt, nationality and job words that change for a woman, and îmi place. Topics: Ask someone to say it again, Say where you are from, Say what you do, Find something you both like, Say goodbye and see you tomorrow, Getting to know someone: full role-play.

Beginner: Numbers, phones and prices

Phone numbers digit by digit, doi and două with masculine and feminine words, the tens up to a hundred, prices in lei with the de that follows numbers from twenty, and vă rog with staff. Topics: Swap phone numbers, Buy covrigi for two, Ask how much it is, Numbers, phones and prices: full role-play.

Beginner: Time, days and dates

Asking and telling the time with și jumătate, și un sfert and fără un sfert, naming the days of the week, and agreeing a day and time to meet. Topics: Ask what time it is, Ask what day it is, Set a time to meet, Time, days and dates: full role-play.

Beginner: Family and describing people

Saying who is in your family with the article on the noun and possessives after it (sora mea, fratele meu), describing people with adjectives that agree, and saying what family members do. Topics: Say who is in your family, Say who someone is and what they are like, Say what they do and where they live, Family and describing people: full role-play.

Beginner: At the café

Ordering politely with aș vrea and mi-ar plăcea, choosing a size, saying here or to go, and paying, while understanding the server's set questions. Topics: Order a drink, Say here or to go, Pay for your drink, At the café: full role-play.

Beginner: Food and restaurants

Getting a table, asking what the waiter recommends, ordering around a dietary need, and asking for the bill and paying separately. Topics: Get a table and the menu, Ask what's good and order, Ask for the bill and pay, Food and restaurants: full role-play.

Beginner: Shopping and paying

Pointing with acesta and aceasta, asking prices, colours that agree, sizes and trying on, buying and paying, and buying by the kilo at the market. Topics: Ask the price of this one, Ask for another colour or size, Buy it and pay, Buy fruit and vegetables at the market, Buy water and bread at a corner shop, Shopping and paying: full role-play.

Beginner: Getting around

Asking where a place is and following directions given with polite commands, buying a train ticket, and taking a taxi. Topics: Ask where the station is, Buy a train ticket, Take a taxi, Buy a travel card and validate it, Ask for the toilet, Getting around: full role-play.

Beginner: Daily routine and free time

Saying when you get up and go to bed with reflexive verbs (mă trezesc, mă culc), what you do every morning in order, and what you do at the weekend, with how often and the double negative nu … niciodată. Topics: Say when you get up and go to bed, Say what you do every morning, Say what you do at the weekend, Daily routine and free time: full role-play.

Beginner: Making plans and invitations

Saying what you will do with o să and what you want to do with vreau să, inviting with vrei să and hai să, accepting and declining, and agreeing when and where to meet. Topics: Say what you'll do this weekend, Invite a friend, Turn down a day and fix a time and place, Making plans and invitations: full role-play.

Beginner: Health, weather and small talk

Small talk about the weather with mi-e frig and o să plouă, saying you don't feel well and what hurts with mă doare, and buying cold medicine at a pharmacy. Topics: Make small talk about the weather, Say you're not feeling well, Buy cold medicine, Health, weather and small talk: full role-play.

Beginner: Talking about the past

Telling a friend about a weekend trip with the perfect compus (am fost, am vizitat, am mâncat): where you went, how it was, what you ate and what you haven't done yet. Topics: Say what you did last weekend, Say how it was, Say what you ate and what you haven't done yet, Talking about the past: full role-play.

Beginner: Hotel, wifi and phone

Checking in at a hotel or guesthouse, getting the wifi password and charging your phone, and buying a prepaid SIM card with data. Topics: Check in at a hotel, Get the wifi and charge your phone, Buy a SIM card with data, Hotel, wifi and phone: full role-play.

Beginner: Getting help

Asking a stranger for help when you are lost, reporting a lost item, and calling 112 in an emergency, with polite forms throughout. Topics: Ask for help when you are lost, Report a lost item, Call 112 in an emergency, Getting help: full role-play.

Intermediate: Train and travel trouble

Handling a delayed CFR train, a missed connection, compensation, a bag left on the train and a changed ticket, in polite dumneavoastră Romanian at the station. Topics: Ask about a delayed train, Ask for a refund or compensation, Report a bag left on the train, Change a ticket for another day, Train and travel trouble: full role-play.

Intermediate: Getting around town

Asking for and following detailed directions, finding a toilet, using STB buses and the metro with a ticket inspector, and handling a Bolt ride, in a Romanian city. Topics: Ask for and follow directions, Find a toilet, Ride the bus and metro, Take a Bolt or taxi, Getting around town: full role-play.

Intermediate: Hotels and guesthouses

Booking a pensiune by phone, checking in, getting a room problem fixed and sorting out the bill at check-out, with conditional requests (ați putea, ar fi posibil). Topics: Book a guesthouse by phone, Check in, Get a room problem fixed, Check out and question the bill, Hotels and guesthouses: full role-play.

Intermediate: The doctor and the pharmacy

Booking with the family doctor, describing symptoms and how long you have had them, getting a prescription filled at the pharmacy and handling an emergency department visit. Topics: Book a doctor's appointment, Describe your symptoms, Get medicine at the pharmacy, Go to the emergency department, The doctor and the pharmacy: full role-play.

Intermediate: Renting a flat

Calling about a listing on OLX or Storia, viewing a flat, agreeing the deposit, agency fee and întreținere, signing and taking over the flat, and calling the landlord about a breakdown. Topics: Call about a listing, Agree rent, deposit and bills, Sign and take over the flat, Call the landlord about a breakdown, Renting a flat: full role-play.

Intermediate: Neighbours and life in the block

Meeting the neighbours in a bloc, asking the administrator about întreținere, complaining about noise without starting a feud, and handling a leak from the flat above. Topics: Meet a neighbour on the stairs, Talk to the block administrator, Complain about noise, politely, Deal with a leak from upstairs, Neighbours and life in the block: full role-play.

Intermediate: Setting up: SIM, bank and papers

Getting a SIM and a phone plan, opening a bank account, applying for a residence document at IGI and collecting a registered letter at the post office, where staff speak formally and ask for documents. Topics: Get a SIM and a phone plan, Open a bank account, Apply for a residence document at IGI, Collect a registered letter, Setting up: SIM, bank and papers: full role-play.

Intermediate: Phone calls and customer service

Getting through to the right person, reporting an internet outage to the provider, sorting out a courier delivery or easybox, and taking and passing on a message with reported speech (a spus că). Topics: Get through to the right person, Report an internet outage, Sort out a courier delivery, Take and pass on a message, Phone calls and customer service: full role-play.

Intermediate: Theft, accidents and 112

Reporting a stolen wallet at a police station with the dative reflexive (mi s-a furat), describing a person, handling a small car accident with the constatare amiabilă, and calling 112. Topics: Report a theft at the police station, Describe a person, Handle a small car accident, Call 112, Theft, accidents and 112: full role-play.

Intermediate: Hairdresser, restaurant and repairs

Explaining exactly what you want at the hairdresser, sending back a wrong dish and splitting the bill, describing a car fault at a service auto, and getting a phone screen repaired. Topics: Get the haircut you want, Send back a dish and split the bill, Describe a car problem at the garage, Get a phone screen repaired, Hairdresser, restaurant and repairs: full role-play.

Intermediate: Small talk and meetings at work

Introducing yourself on the first day and settling tu or dumneavoastră, coffee-break small talk, speaking up in a meeting, and asking your manager for leave, with dânsul and dânsa for polite reference. Topics: Introduce yourself on the first day, Make small talk at the coffee machine, Speak up in a meeting, Ask your manager for leave, Small talk and meetings at work: full role-play.

Intermediate: Telling what happened

Telling a story in order with the perfect compus, setting the scene with the imperfect (mergeam, era), near misses with era să, childhood memories, and reacting as a listener. Topics: Tell a story in order, Tell a near miss, Share a childhood memory, React to someone's story, Telling what happened: full role-play.

Intermediate: Giving and defending opinions

Recommending a film or series with pe care and the doubled clitic, comparing two cities, defending a view with deși and totuși, and reaching a compromise with friends. Topics: Recommend a film or series, Compare two places, Defend your view, Reach a compromise with friends, Giving and defending opinions: full role-play.

Intermediate: Talking with friends

Casual tu Romanian: greetings and the vocative, sending a voice message to make plans, everyday slang to understand and use lightly, and switching back to dumneavoastră when a stranger or elder joins. Topics: Greet a friend casually, Make plans by voice message, Understand everyday slang, Switch between tu and dumneavoastră, Talking with friends: full role-play.

Intermediate: Holidays, name days and hospitality

Orthodox Easter greetings, name-day and birthday wishes, being a dinner guest who brings an odd number of flowers and turns down third helpings, a first toast, and giving a mărțișor on 1 March. Topics: Greet people at Easter, Wish someone a happy name day, Be a dinner guest, Make a first toast, Give a mărțișor on 1 March, Holidays, name days and hospitality: full role-play.

Intermediate: Friends, plans and advice

Planning a weekend away with conditions (dacă e frumos), giving advice with the conditional (dacă aș fi în locul tău), clearing up a misunderstanding, and cancelling plans without hurting anyone. Topics: Plan a weekend away, Give a friend advice, Clear up a misunderstanding, Cancel plans without offending, Friends, plans and advice: full role-play.

Intermediate: Returns and complaints

Returning a product in a shop with the bon fiscal, getting a faulty item fixed under garanție, returning an online order within 14 days, and complaining firmly with ar fi trebuit să and a mention of ANPC. Topics: Return something in a shop, Get a faulty item fixed under warranty, Return an online order, Complain firmly and escalate, Returns and complaints: full role-play.

Advanced: Job interviews

Presenting yourself in a Romanian job interview, handling hard questions about weaknesses and gaps, discussing salary, benefits and the trial period, and closing and following up, in formal dumneavoastră. Topics: Present yourself and your strengths, Handle a weakness and a gap, Discuss salary and benefits, Close the interview and follow up, Job interviews: full role-play.

Advanced: Negotiating

Negotiating price and terms with a supplier, pinning down delivery and penalties, asking your manager for a raise, and haggling over a used car, with conditional offers and indirect Romanian business style. Topics: Negotiate a price with a supplier, Pin down delivery and penalties, Ask your manager for a raise, Haggle over a used car, Negotiating: full role-play.

Advanced: Running and joining meetings

Chairing a meeting from the agenda, managing who speaks and handling interruptions, running an online call with technical trouble, and closing with decisions and action points. Topics: Open and chair a meeting, Manage interruptions and the floor, Run an online call with technical trouble, Close with decisions and action points, Running and joining meetings: full role-play.

Advanced: Presenting

Opening a presentation and signposting its parts, describing data and trends with cause and effect, and handling questions, including a hostile one, at work or at a university seminar. Topics: Open and signpost a presentation, Describe data and trends, Handle questions, including a hostile one, Presenting: full role-play.

Advanced: Persuasion and debate

Stating a position and backing it with sources, conceding and countering, debating a live Romanian issue such as emigration, and persuading a residents' meeting to vote your way. Topics: State and support a position, Concede a point and counter, Debate emigration and the diaspora, Persuade a residents' meeting, Persuasion and debate: full role-play.

Advanced: Formal register and institutions

Choosing between tu, dumneavoastră and dumneata and using titles and dânsul correctly, calling a public institution, reading a formal email aloud and dictating one, and submitting a cerere with subsemnatul at the registratură. Topics: Choose the right form of address, Call a public institution, Read aloud and dictate a formal email, Submit a formal request at the registratură, Formal register and institutions: full role-play.

Advanced: Softening, refusing and reading between the lines

Hearing the no behind mai vedem, refusing an invitation or a favour without offending, turning down an atenție or pile and sticking to procedure, and giving criticism softly. Topics: Hear the no behind the words, Refuse an invitation or a favour, Turn down an atenție or pile, Give criticism gently, Softening, refusing and reading between the lines: full role-play.

Advanced: Apologies, bad news and condolences

Apologising seriously and taking responsibility, giving bad news to a team member, offering condolences at an Orthodox funeral or pomană, and supporting a friend through illness. Topics: Apologise seriously at work, Give bad news to a team member, Offer condolences, Support a friend through illness, Apologies, bad news and condolences: full role-play.

Advanced: Humour, idiom and banter

Understanding and using common idioms, taking and returning a joke with irony, dropping a proverb at the right moment, and catching Caragiale quotes and a Bulă joke, mostly for recognition with light production. Topics: Use everyday idioms, Take and return a joke, Drop a proverb at the right moment, Catch Caragiale quotes and a Bulă joke, Humour, idiom and banter: full role-play.

Advanced: Regional speech and the Republic of Moldova

Understanding Romanian as spoken in Chișinău, in Moldova (Iași), in Transylvania and in Oltenia, for recognition and light use, while you keep standard Romanian yourself. Topics: Shop and chat in Chișinău, Understand Moldovan speech in Iași, Chat in Transylvania, Follow a story with the perfect simplu, Regional speech and the Republic of Moldova: full role-play.

Advanced: News, current affairs and literature

Following and retelling a news item with the passive and reported speech, discussing politics over coffee without a fight, talking about Eminescu and Creangă at a book club, and calling in to a radio show. Topics: Follow and retell a news item, Talk politics without a fight, Talk about Eminescu and Creangă, Call in to a radio show, News, current affairs and literature: full role-play.

Advanced: Speeches and toasts

Giving a wedding toast with the right wishes (casă de piatră), wishing well at a christening, giving a farewell speech for a retiring colleague, and welcoming guests at a conference or company event. Topics: Give a wedding toast, Wish well at a christening, Give a farewell speech for a colleague, Welcome guests at an event, Speeches and toasts: full role-play.

Advanced: Mediating between people

Interpreting for a friend at the doctor, relaying between a landlord and a flatmate who speaks no Romanian, calming a dispute between two neighbours, and settling a conflict between two colleagues, with reported speech and neutral wording. Topics: Interpret for a friend at the doctor, Relay between a landlord and a flatmate, Calm a dispute between two neighbours, Settle a conflict between two colleagues, Mediating between people: full role-play.