A few days ago, something tripped the electricity in my house and reset my radio, erasing all the pre-set stations. I decided to take this as a serendipitous moment and let my radio scan around for a while. I found a really nifty radio station which I think many of you may like, called Radio Romania Actualitati, which means something like “Current Affairs”. It has … Continue reading Sunday Morning Coming Down
Probably one of my favorite Romanian words of all time is chef (kef), which has a number of interlocking definitions. Let’s take them one at a time: 1. Petrecere zgomotoasă cu mâncare, băutură (și cântec). Meaning: A loud party with food, drink (and singing). 2. Stare de (ușoară) beție și de bună dispoziție a omului care a băut. Meaning: The condition of being slightly drunk … Continue reading Slang Word Of The Day: Chef
For Engrish Speakers: Piatra crapa capul caprei in patru. Desteapta-te! Taiteii mei. Pentru Vorbitori: If I think I thunk it, how thoroughly can I be sure I thunk what I thought I thank? Have you seen my Pizza Hut hat? Sasiul sta pe sasiu si susoteste. Continue reading Tongue Twister Thursday!
If you’ve carefully read over the sidebar of my blog, you’ll notice that there’s a phrase “Cel Mai Tare Din Blogging Parcare”, which comes from a memory I have years ago. I was listening to the radio (trying to learn Romanian) when I heard an advertisement for some contest where the grand prize was a car. The tag line was that the winner (with his/her … Continue reading Slang Word of the Day: Tare
As I’ve joked about before, learning the Romanian language is quite a daunting task, especially when it comes to grammar and syntax. One additional difficulty is that the few textbooks and online resources available only cover “official” Romanian and do not adequately address the issue of code switching, which is a substantive issue. To understand the term “code switching”, think of the way you speak … Continue reading Code-Switching in Romanian
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