Which Romanian words should I learn first?

The easiest words of grammar and everyday life: basic verbs, small structural words, polite phrases, numbers, family, food. This page gathers 100 of them.

What comes after these 100 words?

Carry on topic by topic: each list gives 100 words sorted into three levels. The KoKo app gathers +6,000 Romanian words and brings each one back at the right moment.

Can I print this list or save it as a PDF?

Yes. The “Print the list” button at the top of the page opens your device’s print dialog: choose to save as PDF to keep the 100 words and their translation, with nothing else around them.

Your first 100 Romanian words

New to Romanian? Here are 100 easy words to start with: verbs, the small words of grammar and everyday vocabulary, translated into English.

These words come from the 26 grammar and everyday-life topics of KoKo. The app holds 2,397 words at this level.

Grammar 24 words

Romanian	English
spune	to say
citi	to read
râde	to laugh
ucide	to kill
jos	low
bun	good
crud	raw
dur	hard
acolo	there
aici	here
prost	badly
puțin	little
la	toPreposition, movement in the direction of a place
de la	fromProvenance, origin
și	and
sau	or
acolo	thereAdverbial pronoun of place, replaces a complement
acest	thisDemonstrative determiner, masculine before a consonant
niște	somePartitive article, masculine singular
din acesta	of it
intra	to come in
se urca	to get on
da înapoi	to give back
ieși	to get out

Everyday life 76 words

Romanian	English
nu	no
da	yes
mulțumesc	thank you
salut	hiInformal greeting
unu	one
zece	ten
puțini	few
șase	six
sfârșit	end
mai	May
vară	summer
august	August
os	boneHard part of the skeleton
gât	neck
spate	back
nas	nose
vânătaie	bruise
odihnă	rest
sănătate	health
virus	virus
prieten	friend
bebeluș	baby
fiu	son
soț	husbandEveryday use
nebun	crazy
dezamăgit	disappointed
jenă	embarrassment
bucurie	joy
cheie	key
pat	bed
perete	wall
podea	floor
șurub	screw
lemn	wood
cui	nail
lipici	glue
ciorap	stockings
guler	collar
șic	smart
piele	leather
usturoi	garlic
grâu	wheat
apă	water
suc	juice
bio	organic
bol	bowl
foame	hunger
gust	flavour
pungă	bag
scump	expensive
cod PIN	PIN code
cost	cost
stradă	street
gară	train station
parc	park
hartă	map
autobuz	bus
autocar	coach
motocicletă	motorbike
port	harbour
zbor	flight
notă de plată	bill
sit	site
ghid	guide
trecătoare	mountain pass
est	east
lac	lake
cioc	beak
cocoș	rooster
cuib	nest
aur	gold
arc	arch
fier	iron
link	link
pagină	page
apel	call

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Which Romanian words should I learn first?: The easiest words of grammar and everyday life: basic verbs, small structural words, polite phrases, numbers, family, food. This page gathers 100 of them.
What comes after these 100 words?: Carry on topic by topic: each list gives 100 words sorted into three levels. The KoKo app gathers +6,000 Romanian words and brings each one back at the right moment.
Can I print this list or save it as a PDF?: Yes. The “Print the list” button at the top of the page opens your device’s print dialog: choose to save as PDF to keep the 100 words and their translation, with nothing else around them.

How KoKo makes words stick

These lists come from KoKo, the app to learn Romanian vocabulary on iPhone.