Now in its second edition, Romanian: An Essential Grammar is a concise, user-friendly guide to modern Romanian. It takes the student through the essentials of the language, explaining each concept clearly and providing many examples of contemporary Romanian usage.

Ramona Gönczöl is a lecturer in Romanian language at the School of Slavonic and East European Studies, University College London. She is co-author, with Dennis Deletant, of Colloquial Romanian, 4th edition, Routledge, 2012. Ramona's research interests include language acquisition, learner experience, online learning, sociolinguistics, psycholinguistics, cultural identities and language contact.

Part 1: An essential grammar 1. Sounds and letters 2. Nouns 3. Articles 4. Adjectives 5. Pronouns 6. Numerals 7. Verbs 8. Adverbs 9. Prepositions 10. Conjunctions 11. Interjections 12. Word formation Part 2: Language functions 13. Socialising 14. Exchanging factual information 15. Expressing opinions and attitudes 16. Judgement and evaluation