#romanian learning

[romanian-atease]

🔵 PRESENT 🔵 eu continui - I continue tu continui - you continue el/ea continuă - he/she continues noi continuăm - we continue voi continuați - you continue ei/ele continuă - they continue

🟡 PAST 🟡 eu am continuat - I continued tu ai continuat - you continued el/ea a continuat - he/she continued noi am continuat - we continued voi aţi continuat - you continued ei/ele au continuat - they continued

🔴 FUTURE 🔴 eu voi continua - I'll continue tu vei continua - you'll continue el/ea va continua - he/she will continue noi vom continua - we'll continue voi veţi continua - you'll continue ei/ele vor continua - they'll continue

[unlimited-nobu-works]

my group chats on private MMO servers

[duine-aiteach]

I don’t know, maybe it’s because I’m Irish and used to seeing all sorts of haha jokes about how weird our names are etc but yet I’m always surprised how surprised people are when I say that I find Welsh a pretty easy language to get the gist of. It makes sense! Welsh is something I know very little of but yet I find it easy enough to parse out the pronunciation of. I don’t always know what things mean but I’m not usually that far off in how they should be said.

[luceafarul-de-dimineata]

Since the word 'lucifer' means morning star in Latin, I like to imagine that everything that happened in "Luceafărul" by Mihai Eminescu cannonically happened to Lucifer from whb.

Lucifer = Luceafărul = Hyperion confirmed

[alvallah]

Imagine being rich and paying for bland minimalist textiles and cold sterilized homes when you could be paying folk artists handsomely for handcrafted beauty and color —helping preserve honestly quite priceless artistic traditions and supporting the people who keep these legacies alive— instead.

[cimicherrychanga]

once again TROUBLED by how good my game is when flirting with my best friend, imagine if i actually used that with people im trynna pull

[mihai-florescu]

"Why do you still use tiktok" to see EMIL the chinese guy that posts all his videos in romanian talking about his life living in beijing and there are hundreds of middle aged romanians in his comments complimenting how good his language skills are. The closest thing to consistent peaceful interactions on the internet ive seen in years are on this guy's account. It calms me down

[vivigoesinsaneagain]

studying romanian history rn!! mostly for my ikepri kingdom but also for myself because its kinda shitty that my parents are romanian and i know nothing about it

[achillessulks]

I've read your 'guide' on how to read faster, but I have a few questions of my own, if you would have the time to answer, please! And thank you, in advance, should you do it.

So sorry if you have answered any of these beforehand.

How many languages do you speak, exactly? I've seen you write in korean, english and french, but I assume there's at least another two? Also- do you have any tips on learning languages faster? I am currently learning french and russian, although they come a little easy to me since my mother tongue in romanian, and I live in a very russian-populated area.

And, what did you study in university, if you attended? I'm assuming something to do with classic literature and/or linguistics?

Thank you again if you've read all this :3 Have a good night, or day!!

Hi, I’d be glad to answer those questions!

How many languages do I speak, actually?

Well, I usually say I’m only functionally bilingual, because I’m only comfortable in French and English. And I’m better at reading and listening than I am speaking (as is the usual situation). I also know Arabic (Jordanian and MSA), on paper, but I’m very out of practice.

I can read and understand most Romance languages thanks to having studied Latin, but I’m best at Italian and Occitan. I know German and Russian pretty well, mostly due to having German- and Russian-speaking friends. I studied Korean for several years, but my knowledge of Chinese is entirely self-taught, and any understanding of Japanese I have is from knowing kanji (as hanzi) and knowing how translation works in general. I studied Ancient Greek for an embarrassingly long time. Technically my first word (‘more’) was in sign language!

Tips on learning languages faster:

This is an impossible question, really, because linguistic comprehension is so inevitably individual. Vocabulary flashcards might work for some people; for others (myself included) they’re useless. The uncomfortable truth about language acquisition is that there’s no ‘secret’ to it, no ‘cheat code’ or ‘one weird trick’ to make it quick and easy. It’s hard, grueling, thankless work. It’s also the best and coolest thing in the world, in my opinion, but it’s not something that can be ‘hacked.’ That said, here are some things that have helped me.

Study the linguistics and grammar of your target language’s family. Knowing how to construct a sentence will be much more useful than having a wide vocabulary; you can always talk around a specific word (‘you know, that thing that you use for doing this?’ etc.), but if you don’t know how to ask for clarification, you’re screwed.

Do as much total immersion as possible. Spending time around normal people who are normally speaking your TL will do more to improve your comprehension than almost anything. Make like a little baby who doesn’t know anything.

Read a dictionary in your TL. This will help flip the switch from mentally ‘translating’ (SL -> TL) everything to defining terms in the TL: e.g., instead of thinking of ‘cauchemar’ as ‘coșmar’ but in French, think of ‘cauchemar’ as ‘rêve pénible dont l’élément dominant est l’angoisse’ (for example).

Listen to music in your TL. Any media will be helpful (movies, TV, radio, podcasts, etc.), but music works the best. Listening to an album or podcast while you sleep is good, if you’re the kind of person who does that. (Personal anecdote: I remember one time when I had a dream entirely in Korean, including with words that I didn’t consciously know, and then when I woke up I just knew those words. Human consciousness is weird.)

Keep in mind that your brain can only absorb and process new information at a certain pace; trying to force it to go faster is only going to slow it down. If I could impart one single piece of advice on aspiring polyglots, it would be to spend as much time as possible immersing yourself in your target language, both listening and speaking.

In general, however, as I said, there isn’t really a way to ‘skip the queue’ when it comes to learning a language. Anyone who says otherwise is selling something.

What I studied in university:

I studied a very generic ‘classics’ degree, but my specific area of expertise was ‘Euripidean and later interpretations of Homeric canon’ (to paraphrase a very elaborate dissertation title). Functionally this meant that I read a lot of Euripides and Homer and complained about how different scholars throughout history have misinterpreted their corpora. I also did a lot of courses on translation studies. Often it surprises people to learn that I never specifically studied literature or creative writing; I come by that naturally (reading ridiculous amounts of books whenever possible).

Hopefully this all has been at least somewhat helpful/informative, and as always let me know if you have any other questions!

[valzer-col-diavolo]

i need to learn every language. let me learn every language. why can’t i learn every language. LET ME ABSORB THE LANGUAGES

[delusionaldebutante]

Hearing Sebastian Stan speak Romanian was something I didn’t know I needed to hear

But I’m very glad I did

[polyglot-sock]

ok, this is super silly but i've been wanting to start learning a new language and i'm having a hard time deciding which one

soooo, i'm asking y'all to help me :)

here's the poll with all the languages from my wishlist (yes, i have one). my reasons for considering each language (as unserious as they might be) will be below. i've been considering polish, dutch or norgewian, but you can choose whichever you like most

reasons (very unserious):

polish: poland is close to my country so i might immigrate there (but also i like consonant clusters hggfdfg)

czech: don't remember why i put it on the list but i guess it looks fun

norwegian: norway looks like a great place to live

danish: north germanic languages are my favourite now (the same applies to norwegian)

dutch: seems to be a fun addition to my german (i guess germanic languages in general are my favourite)

scottish gaelic: because of a character from 1960's doctor who. also i love endangered languages (and struggling to find resources is my hobby)

welsh: long words mhuahahaha

romanian: i collect romance languages like pokemon

greek: the letters are cute ngl

korean: the same as greek + asian languages are fucked up and i enjoy suffering, apparently

let the chaos begin. the possibility of making me suffer is in your hands.

[devilishbird]

tfw when you start learning a romance language and you're like "oh yeah the spelling in this language is going to be Good because it's not french!" and then it just

wtf /lh

[mortola]

hey im new to language learning on tumblr but can anyone rec me the best way out of romance languages? like what non-romance lang to start learning if ik or am already working on like spanish french portuguese?

[the-chattering-tower]

I promise I WIll put the accent in the shop tomorrow but until then please look at Newest Baby, hatched and touched up today, grandkiddo of my beloved's progens, future wearer of my brand new wool accent ("fiber fun")

I'm love them

Their name is Cighaya after the cigája sheep breed. I'll figure out lore for them tomorrow when I feel awake again