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
Gosh, for some reason, recently I was talking about why I blog, especially about all this tedious Romanian stuff (like grammar), since it clearly isn’t for monetary reward. Mostly it’s just a real fun kind of thing for me and I do it just because I enjoy it, I guess. Well that got me thinking so this morning I fiddled around Google for a while, … Continue reading In The Room The Women Come And Go (Not Talking Romanian Though)
Although this post was actually written in August, I just found it. Apparently it’s the report of an American who “amazingly survived” a ride on Romanian MÁV Hungarian state railways, which were nothing like the real old days on CFR but still scared the pants off this traveler. Something wasn’t right…this didn’t look anything like the photos I viewed online. This train looked more like … Continue reading Visitor Amazingly Survives CFR (Actually MÁV) Ride
Yes! Did you think because it was Friday I wouldn’t write a lengthy analysis of verbs in Romanian? :P To recap, please read part 1. In fact, if you’re just a beginner and learning Romanian, read no further because part 1 will get you by in almost all situations. Only if you’re truly interested in understanding and conjugating verbs should you read what follows! … Continue reading Romanian Verbs: Part 2
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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