Over the years, I’ve met a few poor bastards who were trying to learn the Romanian language. Most of these people were ethnic Hungarians and so have a genuine need-to-know so they can operate and live in this country. The rest? Poor saps who fell in love with a Romanian person, usually Foreign Guy meets Beautiful Can’t Live Without Her Romanian Girl. Sigh. I guess … Continue reading A Few Useful Phrases
Oh the sun is shining and I think it’s going to be a beautiful day. Yes! It’s been rainy and cold and “Scotland” style weather here and now we’re back to NORMAL so I feel great. I’m also listening to Nu-i pamant ca Ardealul (which means “There’s no place quite like Transylvania”) and in the beginning the guy gives a little speech which starts out: … Continue reading Sunday Morning
Even though both Russia and Romania begin with an “R” and were both at one time Communist nations, there’s actually nothing very Russian about Romania at all – despite what total fucking idiots continue to think. Yes, it’s true that at one time Russian was a language studied in high school. But the same is true that in America people used to study Latin. Have … Continue reading Hey, hey we’re the Lipoveni!
Sooner or later in Romania you’re going to hear (or read) the word mă (pronounced muh as in “mug” without the g sound). What does it mean? It’s a little confusing because “ma” is a normal pronoun referring to something that is “mine” or about “me”, for example saruta-ma means “kiss me”. But mă is something different and doesn’t exist in any dictionary. If you … Continue reading Slang Word of the Day – Ma
Sadly, it’s increasingly rare to see Adi de Vito on Romanian TV these days but at one time he was the universally acclaimed Emperor of Romania. His real name on his passport is Adrian Simionescu, which is a fine and earthy name, but being the showbiz whiz he is (and what a showbiz whiz he is!) he decided early in his career to go by … Continue reading Adrian Minune – The (ex) Emperor of Romania
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