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
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
Actually I have a confession to make. In my last post I quoted a guy saying how “not even a genius” can learn Romanian without a teacher, which made me laugh. All that was and is true. But what I neglected to mention is that I did have (and still have) a “teacher” of sorts – manele music. I learned far, far more Romanian from … Continue reading Slang Word of the Day: Barosan
Probably the strongest word in the sense of an expletive or a “curse word” that you’ll ever see me cover here is naiba (nye-buh). If you are looking for even “stronger” words, there are plenty of resources online for that. Also Romanians will be quite happy to teach you those, so if that’s your inclination, I wish you the best. I am including naiba precisely … Continue reading Word of the Day: Naiba
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