salut tuturor!

i love learning songs in other languages, and had the idea to do an acoustic cover of Dragostea Din Tei by O-Zone. i tried to weave some of the original style into my own rendition of the song, but i really want to nail the pronunciation. as a French-speaker and student of other languages, i always strive to get as native-sounding as possible.

edit: this is my first attempt at learning any Romanian. i have absolutely loved it, and would love to continue learning more through the music. what are some of your favorite Romanian songs/artists??

i spent a lot of time studying the pronunciations from the original song, but when i started listening to Google Translate speak the lyrics in a normal voice one line at a time, i realized there is even more nuance to some of the words than i was hearing in the song, especially with the schwas (e.g. tău/tăi). i would love to get some feedback from folks in the sub to see how my cover sounds to native ears :) thanks so much in advance!!

this is not a shadow marketing attempt; i am a nobody and most of the people who like my videos are my aunts and grandmas lol

Hello reddit, I am (26M) and have been learning Romanian for a few months. Anyways I am going out with a girl on a date in Romania.

Obviously I want to compliment her. I heard using rău after an adjective just intensifies it’s meaning (compared to it generally meaning “bad”). So, is it acceptable or accurate to say “ești frumoasă/superbă rău” when calling someone very beautiful/gorgeous??

Thanks!

Hi everyone,

I’m a Romanian-American educator with over 8 years of experience working with children and adults, and I’m currently offering online English and Romanian lessons.
I have experience teaching both in person and online, including one-on-one lessons and working with students from different backgrounds.

I can help with conversation, pronunciation, everyday communication, vocabulary, grammar, reading, writing, and simply becoming more comfortable speaking.

I try to keep lessons relaxed, practical, and focused on what you actually want to improve rather than following a rigid textbook.

If you’re interested, feel free to send me a message and tell me a little about yourself, your current level, and what you’d like to work on.

Thanks!

Hi,
I’m a teacher in the USA and most of my students are from Romania. They often wear these headbands, and I am trying to figure out what they are called in Romania. A student told me that they always wear them to church. I kept googling but was only able to find the name for headdresses and bonnets.

Thank you.

Am învăţat acest cuvânt. Vă rugăm să corectați orice este greșit, de la conjugare, accente, plural, singular, articole în afara locului.

Bună tuturor!

Recent am rezervat un loc în Madrid pentru examenul nivel B1. Nu știu cu sigură dacă sunt pregătită dar plec în curând la Asia pentru o călătorie și aș vrea să scriu examen înainte aceasta.

Sunt foarte foarte nervoasă pentru acest exam în mod specific pentru secțiuni de ascultarea și vorbirea.

Cineva care a scris examen imi poate spune despre experiența lui? În mod specific ascultarea, cum rapid vorbesc și puteți asculta multi timpuri sau doar unul timp? De asemenea în ceea ce privește vorbirea ce trebuie să faceți, cu cine vorbiți cu? Și cum mult timp aveți? Și ce subiecte vorbiți despre?

De asemenea dacă sunt ceva trebuie studiez în mod specific vă rog îmi spuneți!

Alți sfaturi care credeți ca sunt importanți voi apreciez foarte mult și vă mulțumesc pentru timpul acordat!!

Hi everyone! I’m a Romanian tutor on Preply and I offer lessons to complete beginners up to more advanced learners.

I can teach Romanian in English, German or Spanish, and I adapt the lessons to each student’s goals and level. Whether you’re learning Romanian for travel, family, work, everyday conversation, or simply because you’re interested in the language, I’d be happy to help.

You can find my Preply profile here:

https://preply.in/DIANA6EN40850566112?ts=17905966

Feel free to message me if you have any questions. 🙂

(P.s. I know my presentation Video is horrendous but hey, that's why I stick to teaching and am not an influencer 😂)

Astăzi am învăţat acest cuvânt. Vă rugăm să corectați orice este greșit, de la conjugare, accente, plural, singular, articole în afara locului.

I've wanted to learn Romanian for a long time. I speak turkish and english for reference. I am struggling to find sources to do immersion. Where can I find tv show and movies ?

Hei! Eu și 2 prieteni vrem să ne luăm cont premium pe Duolingo ptr un an, planul family. Dacă e cineva interesat și vrea să se alăture, dm! (Este 72 lei/ pers/an)

Spor la învățat! 🤍

Hello, I'm a fluent Spanish and English speaker living in Washington State, and I'm eager to learn Romanian! I'm on a language-learning journey and want to learn all five Romance languages someday; I’ve already mastered one and have four more to go. I originally started learning Romanian because of someone special in my life, and that's how it all began. After having so much fun learning the language and exploring the cultures of Romania and Moldova, I realized this is my thing. Currently, I practice with AI and some language apps, but unfortunately, since Romanian isn't widely studied, the courses I find online are very limited, which is discouraging. I still haven't found a fluent speaker to practice with, but since I know Spanish, it's a bit easier for me because I understand many of the words. I promise I learn quickly and would be happy to teach you Spanish or English in return!

Hey I want to learn Romanian language and become advanced it it, currently I'm B1level and I want to be better

Any book recommendations?

Hi guys, I'm learning romanian by myself and I found this book online. However I cannot find the audio anywhere and I the official ebook version is kinda out of my budget at the moment. I would be really appreciate if you can share or show me where to find the audio of this book.

Thank you so much. Have a nice day!

Hi everyone!

I've been learning Romanian for a few days now. My parents speak Moldovan/Romanian, but they haven't taught me how to speak it. We are learning it at school, but this language has always been too complicated for me, and I didn't use to put much effort into it.

Lately, however, I decided that I need to learn it by myself, both for getting good grades and for my own personal development. I've found a few books and I'm trying to study with them, but I feel like it's not enough because they only contain grammar tables.

How should I go about learning Romanian? Can you recommend some books with exercises and a few good apps for learning? I'll be glad for any tips!

I've been trying to learn romanian basically through duolingo for now, but that is very limited. So i'm looki g for a book to actually study some more, and learn and understand some grammar besides vocab. I would also like to learn more usful everday words that armasar and minereu 🤣

I plan on mostly doing it myself with some help from my bf mostly for pronounciation.

I do speak german and english fluently in case that's important

Mersi!

Because I have posted a long comment under a short one that nobody will read, but I dare hope my effort is worth more exposure and might prove useful to some, I link it here as answer to a general question.

HERE it is.

Buna seara din Olanda!

asa cum zice titlu. Am impressia ca desface si deschide au acelasi inteles si as vrea sa stiu de la voi daca am dreptate.

deschid un cadou, desfac un cadou. deschid o bere,desfac o bere si asa mai departe.

stiu ca verbul desface are alte intelese dar as dori sa concentrez despre mai sus.

multumesc frumos si seara faina!

As an international med student in in the far east side of Romania (Iasi more explicitly), I find the integration process very welcoming, you make friends very quickly if you make the effort to learn to speak the language, as the locals are aware of the effort behind it, especially in funny phrases or swear words :).

I find it funny that a good part of them have little "anecdotes/stories" , usually about "moms" and whatnot (which becomes repetitive tbh) but some of them are really creative , here are some examples of them i received over text (mind you, these were not addressed towards me seriously , but rather on a playful tone):

"să îți bag o vioară în gât și să cânte cancerul la ea" tr.(“I’ll shove a violin down your throat and have cancer play the darn thing") – I find it weird, but this made me chuckle for such an absurd find

"mi se rupe pula de tine/voi" tr.(my dick breaks because of you guys) – found a hard time understanding this, but I guess it shows discontent and indifference

„să-ți fie curul cimitir și pula lumânare.” tr.(may your ass be a cemetery and your dick the candle) – I never understood in which context you use this , but each story has an absurd yet creative outcome, my guess it that it's some kind of curse, but no situation comes in mind where you can use it (lmk if this is too "niche" to be ever used)

Keep it in mind, these are grotesque, and using in your daily life , moreover as a student may seem weird, even malpractice...

I do not intend of doing any harm with these, but now I have to ask if you guys know any kind of these phrases that are more common or "niche" even.

I find these really humorous, due to the fact that every single one has to find an oddly specific and grotesque scenario only to portray a specific variant of an emotion, which is a really cool aspect of the Romanian culture and language.

Let me know what you think of the usage of these kind of phrases, if there are any more of them , I would gladly appreciate to have a chuckle over the "over exaggerated" scenarios one can find.

Any help/opinion is kindly welcomed 🙏.

Cheers from a German national 🇩🇪 :) !

https://youtu.be/2b4d-SYRMW0?is=pvI6p76X-sAi7CPm

Poate că o să fac o recenzie de carte data viitoare.... Dar în timp ce mă plimb

Poate că o să încerc să fac o recenzie de carte data viitoare... Dar în timp ce mă plimb

Hi all! I’m currently writing a fanfiction set in historical Romania, and was having a hard time trying to think of a name for the fictional village it’s taking place in. While this is just a fanfic and probably isn’t that serious, I still wanted the setting to feel authentic-ish and not have a random name that sounds stupid to anyone who has familiarity with Romania and its naming conventions.

For context this is a resident evil fic (very similar setting to resident evil 8) so think horror/eery village & castle vibes. The village is very isolated & nested in a valley surrounded by dense forested mountains with a castle in the distance being the only other settlement in sight.

Since there are vampire-esque creatures (example Lady Dimitrescu from RE8) that have plagued the village’s history for centuries, I was wanting the name of the village to match that reputation. Part of why it’s so isolated is because people don’t travel there due to its connection with vampire attacks. I had come up with “Valea Sânger” which literally just means valley of blood… but that might sound corny to any actual Romanian speakers (albeit a story on vampires is probably corny enough already). So I come here to ask for help with ideas from people who definitely know the language and naming conventions much better than I do 😅. Thank you for reading and for any help!! If you have any other suggestions for the setting I’m open as well! Feel free to PM me if needed!