Author: Daniel Bilț

Today we invite you to discover or rediscover an interesting field of activity, namely astronomy. I don’t know about you but I’ve always been fascinated by stars, planets nebulas…you know, the macrocosm. While I was a kid I was very fond of a TV series about our universe hosted by American astronomer Carl Sagan.

Now I invite you to have a look at some words and expressions;

Planet Earth — Planeta Pamant

Star — Stea

Asteroid — Asteroid

The Moon — Luna

The Sun — Soarele

Telescope — Telescop

Astronomy — Astronomie

Meteorite — Meteorit

Star cluster — Roi de stele

Galaxy — Galaxie

Nebula – Nebuloasa

Now let’s put these words into phrases.

Our solar system comprises nine planets. Sistemul nostru solar are noua planete.

There are billions of stars in the universe — Sunt miliarde de stele in univers.

The Helix Nebula is one of the best-known nebulas in the universe. – Nebuloasa Helix este una dintre cele mai cunoscute in univers.

The asteroid belt is between the orbits of planet Mars and Jupiter. – Centura de asteroizi se afla intre orbitele planetelor Marte si Jupiter.

There is no life on Mars. — Nu exista viata pe Marte.

This installment addresses music lovers and not only as anyone can encounter a situation where they might need to talk and know a couple of things about music and artists.

Let’s first have a look at a few words.

Music – Muzica

Composer – Compozitor

Music lover – Meloman

Concert – Concert

An Aria – O arie

A symphony — O simfonie

Pop Music — Muzica Usoara

Singer songwriter – Cantautor

A hit — Un slagar

Now let’s combine these words into some phrases:

Nu sunt pasionat de muzica populara. Traditional music is not exactly my cup of tea.

Imi place muzica simfonica — I am more into classical music

Acesta este compozitorul meu favorit – This is my favourite composer

In seara asta vom merge la concert — Tonight we’ll go to a concert

Aceasta arie celebra apartine lui Mozart — This famous aria belongs to Mozart.

Acum ascultam o sinfonie pentru violoncel si orchestra — Now we are listening to a symphony for cello and orchestra

Muzica usoara este foarte placuta — Pop music is very pleasant

Acest cantautor are multe slagare in repertoriul sau — This singer songwriter has many hits in his repertoire.

Hoping that we’ve helped you to improve your survival Romanian we’ll take our leave of you now. Until next week, it’s good bye. La revedere!