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Welcome to limba româna at yoyoro.net. The front or home page shows the most recent posts first, following that group you will find a selection of the latest posts relating to conversations, situations and vocabulary. The best way to navigate and explore this site is from the top menu bar of categories, since the home page is limited to only the most current posts added. Of course if you are looking for something specific please use the search bar in the top right portion of the header....hey and don't forget to subscribe to the RSS feed, just click on the icon. Învațăm românește impreuna! Amy (an expat in Cluj-Napoca)Dictionaries
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Lessons for romanian to english with audio this link brings you to lesson 1 and there are several...so click here.
Learn romanian while you play some games at polyglot click here.
100 Language Blogs in 2009...this is a great resource for anyone interested in learning languages! Click HERE!
Dear romanian language – You make me feel stupid sometimes. I know you didn’t ask me to learn you. Some rednecks in the backwoods, when they want to teach their children a lesson with a beating, precede the beating by saying ‘I’ll learn you!’ Still I say ‘I’ll learn you!’ but you don’t seem to care. You’re not afraid…
Recent Posts
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verb tense – the future – viitor
This post discusses 2 common ways to express a verb in the future tense – a how-to if you will. There are two common ways to say and write the future tense. Depending upon your learning style, choose the method that works best for you. Ultimately it will be to your benefit to know both but choosing one method to start is more productive.
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bineţe-greetings-general-hello-and-goodbye
Basic greetings, formal and informal in romanian – hellos & goodbyes
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Vocabulary – the sun
soăre = sun (sori/pl) soărele = the sun soărele apune – the sun sets – apus (vest) sau asfinţit – asfinţit derivitive of a sfinți – to bless a home…
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vocabulary – dragoste, iubire
Lovey dovey when I first wrote this post, it was spring. Spring stirs in feelings of renewal, rebirth, growth, potential and of course love! Back in 2006, I watched an…
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A avea – to have (present tense video)
A little text/video to help you to learn the verb a avea in the present tense. Learn romanian!
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numbers, dates, time, clocks
writing numbers…..punct si virgula = point and comma For americans – just use the reverse american system = 10,000.00 romanian system = 10.000,00 Most of the world depicts dates as…
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measures and containers – more about them
Sticlă is a catch all for bottles in general. So if you’re unwell and need to go to the farmacie and buy one of those hot water bottle things to…
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gender & usage – something or ceva
ceva = something Even though ceva ends with an ‘a’ it is a neuter word -when you use an adjective with this you will always use the masculine singular form….
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a usca – to dry
a usca = to dry eu usuc tu usuci el, ea usucă noi uscăm voi uscați ei, ele usucă Share this…
Vocabulary, Situations and Conversations
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Benefits of knowing 2 or more languages
Posted on 30/03/2012 | No Comments“Being bilingual, it turns out, makes you smarter. It can have a profound effect on your brain, improving cognitive skills not related to language and even shielding against dementia in... -
vocabulary – dogs, câini
Posted on 29/09/2010 | 2 CommentsDogs, dawgs, dogs…I love dogs! Here is a list of words relating to our beloved furry friends. I have also provided 2 links for people in romania who might want... -
ușa does not = USA
Posted on 29/09/2010 | No CommentsUşa does not equal USA! ușa = door Unfortunately there is a lot of anti-american sentiment in some countries (not completely unwarranted.) This is not the case here in romania... -
in the kitchen I – în bucărtărie
Posted on 29/09/2010 | No Commentspots and pans tigaie = frying pan oală = cooking pot with small handles cratiță = cooking pot with long handle capac = lid Share this... -
temperatură = temperature
Posted on 29/09/2010 | No Commentstemperatură = temperature minima termică = minimum temperature maxima termică = maximum temperature temperatura corpului = 37C (98.6F) = human body temperature temperatură critică = critical temperature temperatură de aprindere... -
seasons or anotimpuri
Posted on 29/09/2010 | No CommentsWhen refering to a season of the year you use anotimpul – when refering to a season of sports or some other season use sezon. anotimpuri/anotimpul = the seasons of... -
measures & containers
Posted on 29/09/2010 | No Commentso conservă, doua conserve = tin (s) o sticlă, doua sticle = bottle (s) o cutie, doua cutii = box (es) un borcan, doua borcane = jar (s) un pachet,... -
și = and or also
Posted on 28/09/2010 | No Commentsși = and (that is in most cases) It can also mean…also. și = also Here Iulia meets up with Ion - Romanian Iulia: Ce faci? Ion: Bine! Si tu?... -
differences – unde ești și de unde ești? (informal)
Posted on 28/09/2010 | No CommentsTo anyone who is not just beginning this might seem obvious, but this blog highlights all kinds of situations and confusions that I have experienced. Maybe someone else has these... -
prepositions – a close look at pe
Posted on 28/09/2010 | No CommentsThe preposition pe can sometimes mean something as a direct translation in english or not. As with many rules we often find exceptions Here is how „pe” was explained to... -
a ruga – please
Posted on 28/09/2010 | No Commentsa ruga = to ask for te rog = please (informal) use with friends and close relatives, peers vă rog = please (formal) use with all persons to other then... -
it was nothing or you are welcome!
Posted on 28/09/2010 | No CommentsCu placere = with pleasure or your welcome. You thank someone – Mulțumesc! (thanking someone – I thank you) or Mulțumim! (thanking the person as a group – we thank...
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