Well folks there was a lot of commentary on the Word of The Day ba and how there’s a similar word, bă. In other words, everything I said about ba was correct. The word bă (with the “a with a hat”), pronounced something like buh or beh is different. Bă is an interjection and roughly means “hey you”. As the commenters noted, it is identical … Continue reading Word of the Day: Bă
Interesting little mixed bag this morning, although I’ve NOT included some of the weirder (and rambling, poorly-written) missionary blogs because frankly they’re all the same. In fact, they all go like this (paraphrased): Oh today I helped a little old Romanian lady out. I couldn’t understand a word she said but oh her toothless grin lit up and I felt the joy of the Lord … Continue reading Making Zacusca, Addicted to the MEC, Head Lice, Photos of Bihor and A New Blog Added
Wow, interesting little grab bag for today. First off, probably the creepiest blog I’ve ever seen, this one from a Mormon missionary. This one is about “celebrating Halloween” in Romania and I have to again ask – WTF? This is not even close to being a Romanian tradition. Nor, did I think, was it a religious holiday. I thought (devout) Christians didn’t get into all … Continue reading New York Times, Cluj Photos, an idiotic Australian and Mormons Carving Pumpkins
Speaking of absolutely no Slavic influence whatsoever in the Romanian language, it’s a good time to look at the word iar (yar). If you are a native English (or Italian/Spanish/French etc) speaker than you have to understand that in some *coughcough* languages there’s actually two ways to say the word “and”. If you’re a beginner student of the Romanian language the word you need to … Continue reading Word of the Day: Iar
Again folks, we must remember that there is absolutely no Slavic influence on grammar, pronunciation or anything else. Or if there is some influence it is “minor” and “very little” :P Nonetheless, time to examine the (ordinary) word ba (bah), which while short and sweet, is important. The DEX has a perfect definition: (Expressed in opposition to an earlier (stated) negative idea or question, used … Continue reading Word of the Day: Ba
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