His, Hers, Mine, Yours, Ours and Theirs: Part 1

Yesterday we talked about the Possessive A and now it’s time to follow up with a similar grammar entity – the personal pronoun. In English these are fairly simple – my (mine), your(s), his, hers, ours and theirs. Spanish likewise, mio(s)/mia(s), nuestro(s)/nuestra(s), etcetera. Romanian is a little more complicated of course ;) Let’s start off with the words for “my”, which vary by gender and … Continue reading His, Hers, Mine, Yours, Ours and Theirs: Part 1

Sam Cel RomanDecember 22, 2010March 23, 201110 Comments

Romanian language

The Possessive “A”

Part one can be found here. A few months ago, I mentioned that on the back of all Romanian money it says Banca Nationala a Romaniei and someone asked what that “a” means, and how to use it. As we know quite well, Romanian is a language with declinations, which means that the “receiving” noun has a special form which can denote possession. Ex: Centrul … Continue reading The Possessive “A”

Sam Cel RomanDecember 21, 2010December 22, 201013 Comments

Romanian language, Word of the Day

Slang Word of the Day: Mess

The other night at the book party a couple of people I’ve written about many times on this website attended and it was great catching up with them. One of them used a word I knew quite well but had forgotten about: mess. It’s a local short form of the longer “Yahoo Messenger”, the instant messaging program, although sometimes Romanians just call any IM program … Continue reading Slang Word of the Day: Mess

Sam Cel RomanDecember 21, 2010April 19, 20111 Comment

Romanian language

La Revedere, Dog

50 de Bani and Ursuletul de Aur practice their Romanian language skills. UPDATE: YouTube is being a nut, saying there’s “copyright” music from Comcast in this video so it’s being blocked just about everywhere. If you can’t see it, click here. Continue reading La Revedere, Dog

Sam Cel RomanDecember 19, 2010December 19, 20101 Comment

Romanian language, Word of the Day

Slang Word of the Day: Profi

The other day I was riding a bus in Cluj through a specific neighborhood when I saw something that brought a smile to my eyes. Right there on B-dul Titulescu is a large sign for a small hardware store that sells tools and drills and those kinds of things. And through a slightly odd series of events, it was I myself who hung up that … Continue reading Slang Word of the Day: Profi

Sam Cel RomanDecember 18, 2010April 19, 20116 Comments

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