Romanian/Lesson 8

La şcoală / At School

Cuvinte generale / General words

• Profesor - Teacher (m)
• Profesoară - Teacher (f)
• Bursă - Scholarship
• Diplomă - Diploma
• Bac(alaureat) - High schoolexit exam
• Bibliotecă - Library
• Note - Grades (as on a test)
• Oră - Classe/Course
• Clasă - Grade (e.g. 6^th Grade)
• În ora de [...] - In [...] class

În timpul orelor / During classes

• Tablă - Blackboard, chalkboard
• Cretă - Chalk
• Pupitru, bancă, masă, catedră - Desk (Student desk / student desk / table / teacher desk)
• Test - Test
• Temă - Homework
• Clasă - Classroom
• Pauză - Recess
• Curte - Courtyard

Şcoli şi studenţi / Schools and Students

• Şcoală - School
• Student - Student(m)
• Studentă - Student(f)
• Învăţământul primar (Clasele 1-4) - something like 1-5 grades
• Învăţământul gimnazial (Clasele 5-8) - something like jr. high school (grades 6-9)
• Şcolar - 1-8 grades student
• Liceu (9-12) - High school (10-12)
• Licean - High school student (9-12)
• Universitate - University
• Facultate - University
• Învăţământul superior - Higher education, graduate school

Bunurile şcolare - School supplies

• Cretă - Chalk
• Tablă - Blackborad, chalkboard
• Pix - Pen
• Creion - Pencil
• Calculator (de buzunar) - Calculator
• Carte - Book
• Caiet - Notebook
• Hârtie - Paper
• Foaie de hârtie, filă de hârtie - Sheet of paper
• Clasor - Three-ring binder
• Ghiozdan - Small backpack
• Rucsac - Big backpack
• Guma, Radieră - Eraser
• Riglă, liniar - Ruler
• Cariocă, marker - Marker

Clasele / Grades

12th Grade	Clasa a XII-a
11th Grade	Clasa a XI-a
10th Grade	Clasa a X-a
9th Grade	Clasa a IX-a

8th Grade	Clasa a VIII-a
7th Grade	Clasa a VII-a
6th Grade	Clasa a VI-a
5th Grade	Clasa a V-a

4th Grade	Clasa a IV-a
3th Grade	Clasa a III-a
2th Grade	Clasa a II-a
1st Grade	Clasa I / Clasa întâi

• In Romania the grades are written with roman numerals

Grading system

In the primary school the grading is the following:

• Foarte Bine - Very Good
• Bine - Good
• Sufficient/Satisfăcător - Pass
• Insufficient/Nesatisfăcător - Fail

In the secondary school the grading is a bit different it simply ranges from 1-4 (Fail), 5 (the minimum pass grade), to 10 (Excellent).

Verbe / Verbs

• A da un test - To take a test
• A studia, a învăţa - To study
• A scrie - To write
• A ridica (mâna) - To raise (the hand)
• A pune o întrebare - To Ask a question
• A întreba - To ask
• A asculta - To listen
• A Auzi - To hear