beer or wine?) — Bere. (Beer.) Wh-questions start with a high pitch on the first word and then the pitch falls gradually toward the end of the sentence. — Cine a lăsat ușa deschisă? [↗cine↘ a lăsat ușa deschisă] (Who left the door open?) — Mama. (Mom did.) Repeat questions have a rising intonation. — A sunat Rodica adineauri. (Rodica just called.) — Cine a sunat? [cine a su↗nat] (Who called?) — Colega ta, Rodica. (Your classmate, Rodica.) Tag questions are uttered with a rising intonation. — Ți-e foame, nu-i așa? [ți-e foame, nu-i a↗șa] (You're hungry, aren't you?) Unfinished utterances have a rising intonation similar to that of yes/no questions, but the pitch rise is smaller. — După ce m-am întors... [după ce m-am în↗tors...] (After I came back...) Various other intonation patterns are used to express: requests, commands, surprise, suggestion, advice, and so on. Example text References Bibliography External links Very detailed Romanian grammar, with some notes on phonetics and morpho-phonology (PDF; 183 pages; 4.6 MB) DEX online, a collection of Romanian language dictionaries; one-letter entries indicate the possible pronunciations Romanian Language Sounds Sounds of the Romanian Language Project (SROL) Rhymes Dictionary – dictionar de rime Romanian Rhymes Dictionary – allows the user to obtain words which rhyme with the search word (possible indication of pronunciation rules) Phonology Italic phonologies