#romanian language

[doumadono]

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[alexadelphia-official]

The Romanian equivalent of "to be caught in the crossfire" is "a fi între ciocan și nicovală" (to be between the hammer and the anvil) and I think that's extremely evocative.

[velvetyssweetcafe]

out of the 5 main romance languages, romanian seems to be the odd one out. being geographically isolated from the rest, it's like a latin island in a sea of slavic nations.

yes, romanian does have similarities to the other romance languages, but it's not like the rest of them...

[officialromaniantranslatiuni]

[giliszta]

Lukewarm take but there's no objectively beautiful or ugly languages. It all depends on your perception of the speakers or more broadly the context in which the language is usually spoken. This isn't only influenced by your personal experience but things totally out of your control like the media or history. This is how German went from being perceived as an elegant language which was spoken by the elite during the monarchies to it being seen as harsh after the world wars to now being the key to a better life for many people thus slowly turning into a status symbol again in many places.

Or why Romanian isn't seen as romantic like the other latin languages. Being Eastern European it doesn't have the same status in the world as the rest of them and it has very little to do with it's actual sounds.

[brazilspill]

Latin languages are typically easy to learn because most of the languages follow very specific sets of rules with only a handful of exceptions that once you memorize you're good to go.

Also, they use accents, which help with figuring out how to pronounce the words and, alternatively, how to spell words.

French is, of course, the exception to the rule.

Because of course it is.

[lingwistyka-balto-slawistyka]

what are your favorite words in romanian?

Honestly very hard question and I've been thinking about it for a while but to no avail. I guess I'll try to think of some favourite words per category

Flora and fauna

Fluture /flu-tu-re/ (butterfly)

Mâță /mi-tsə/ (cat; very colloquial)

Guguștiuc /gu-gu-shtjuk/ (collared dove)

Cocostârc /ko-ko-stirk/ (stork)

Gânganie /gin-ga-ni-e/ (bug; derogatory)

Lighioaie /li-gi-wa-je/ (wild beast; derogatory; regionalism)

Broască țestoasă /brwas-kə tses-twa-sə/ (tortoise; literally: "skully frog")

Salcie /sal-t§i-e/ (willow)

Păpădie/pə-pə-di-e/ (dandelion)

Mătrăgună /mə-trə-gu-nə/ (Belladonna)

Urzică /ur-zi-cə/ (nettle)

Zarzăr /zar-zər/ (cherry plum tree)

Brusture /brus-tu-re/ (burdock)

Molid /mo-lid/ (spruce)

Adjectives

Pestriț /pes-trits/ (mostly about sheep: with black and white dots)

Ghiduș /gi-du§/ (about people: playful, whimsical, prankster)

Alambicat /a-lam-bi-cat/ (excessively complex, complicated, hard to parse, maze-like)

Inimos /i-ni-mos/ (generous, compassionate; literally: "heartful")

Tulburat /tul-bu-rat/ (troubled; usually this word was used to talk about unsettled water but it was also used metaphorically about people until it became standard)

Words allegedly of Dacian origin

Brânză /brin-zə/ (cheese)

Barză /bar-zə/ (white stork)

Varză /var-zə/ (cabbage)

Viezure /vje-zu-re/ (badger)

Nouns

Ființă /fi-in-tsə/ (living being)

Știință /§ti-in-tsə/ (science)

Geam /d3am/ (glass pane)

Lustră /lus-trə/ (light fixture, mini chandelier)

Țambal /tsam-bal/ (cimbalom)

Of Slavic origin

Zăpadă /zə-pa-də/ (snow; from zapadat' "to fall down". Contrast Russian запад = West)

Livadă /li-va-də/ (orchard from livada/levada "plains, field")

Praznic /praz-nic/ (religious holiday; archaic; from prazdĩnikŭ, "feast, celebration")

Veste /ves-te/ (news; archaic; from vesti "to bear, to carry")

Verbs

A se strădui /a se strə-du-i/ (to try very hard, to struggle)

A se îndoi /a se in-do-i/ (to bend, to doubt; from "doi" (two); it also used to mean "to double")

A sparge /a spar-d3e/ (to shatter)

A stinge / a stin-d3e/ (to extinguish)

A se arde /a se ar-de/ (to get burned by fire)

A se frige /a se fri-d3e/ (to get burned by a hot object)

A se opări /a se opări/ (to get burned by a hoy liquid)

And many others

[spltlvlhous]

meow meow meow meow meow moew meow meow meow miau miau miau miau miau miau miau