Talking About Your Future Plans in Romanian – A Practical Guide for B1 Learners

Learning Romanian is not just about mastering grammar rules, but also about expressing yourself with confidence. At the B1 level, one of the essential skills learners acquire is the ability to talk about future intentions, personal goals, and life plans. This becomes especially useful in both everyday conversations and formal discussions about aspirations, studies, or professional ambitions.

Romanian Language B1: Expressing Future Intentions

Among the early intermediate topics explored at this stage is expressing future actions using both modal verbs and the synthetic future tense. In Romanian, learners typically use two main forms when discussing future plans:

1. Using “vreau să” + infinitive

This structure is similar to English “I want to…”

• Vreau să merg în vacanță. – I want to go on vacation.

• Vreau să învăț română. – I want to learn Romanian.

This construction is intuitive for learners and helps them begin expressing intentions quickly.

2. Using the verb “a vrea” in future tense (voi/vei/va/vom/veți/vor)

This is a key point in Romanian grammar development at B1: understanding and conjugating the future tense.

• Eu voi merge la universitate. – I will go to university.

• Noi vom călători în România. – We will travel to Romania.

In the lesson, students learn to conjugate “a vrea” as an auxiliary, followed by the infinitive of the main verb. This construction helps frame more formal or structured future declarations.

Practical Exercises from the Lesson

The unit encourages learners to talk about their own future plans and to engage in conversations using both spoken and written Romanian. Learners are asked to:

• Complete prompts such as „Eu voi…”, „Noi vrem să…”

• Interview colleagues about their plans

• Compare and contrast intentions using correct person and number

This integration of personal goals and grammatical structure leads to natural communication. The workbook format further supports vocabulary acquisition around themes like education, work, travel, and personal development.

Expanding the Topic: Desires, Dreams, and Motivation

Discussing the future in Romanian is also a doorway into sharing aspirations and motivations. For instance, this topic can be expanded to:

• Setting new year’s resolutions

• Discussing long-term life goals

• Describing where learners see themselves in five years

This type of narrative helps intermediate learners gain fluency and structure in longer discourse, while also increasing cultural understanding of how Romanians frame dreams and career trajectories.

Grammar Focus: Verb Forms and Person Agreement

A central point in this lesson is mastering the future tense conjugation:

• VOI + infinitive is used for all persons, with specific endings:

  • voi merge (I will go)

  • vei merge (you will go)

  • va merge (he/she will go)

  • vom merge, veți merge, vor merge

Common irregular verbs and frequent expressions with future tense are also highlighted, making the transition from A2 to B1 more confident.

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