For Engrish Speakers: Am slefuit suprafetele jhgeaburilor. O sa gasesc un caine maine cu paine. Imbunatateste-te! Pentru Vorbitori: I won one on the fun bus. The happy hippy had a funny fanny. Prin vulturi vantul viu vuia. Continue reading Tongue Twister Thursday!
Ok who likes pickles? Yum, I sure do! Although nothing can top a Romanian grandmother’s jar of homemade pickles, carefully stored down in her root cellar for months, it’s actually rather easy to make your own incredibly delicious pickles at home. Although this recipe is variable and can be used to pickle almost any vegetable, today we’ll talk about pickling cucumbers specifically, known in Romanian … Continue reading Pickles!!!
After all of the grammar insanity of late, you might want to go ahead and run for the hills. If however you ever want to learn this unique language, the following will be most helpful. Romanian uses a Slavic syntax when it comes to diminutives. This can either literally mean like a “tinier” version of something or else imply cuteness, affection or fondness. If you … Continue reading The Definite Article: Part 2
Probably one of my all-time vegetables to eat in Romania is varza, known in English by its less mellifluous name of “cabbage”. That being said, the word “varza” has a variety of slang usages, to wit: A (se) face (sau a ajunge, a fi etc.) varză = a (se) distruge, a (se) degrada, a (se) zdrențui Parsing this out it means something like “worn out” … Continue reading Slang Word of the Day: Varza
Following my post on plural words and my introduction to noun cases it’s now time to address the third component: the definite article. In English, this is always super simple, being the use of the word the. Whether it’s the book or the books, in English it’s always the same – just add the word “the” in front of the words (or clause) and you’re … Continue reading The Definite Article in Romanian
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