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I'm planning a work experience thing in Bucharest next year, and would like to know at least a few basics of the language... I can sort of read it, because I know some French and Spanish, but don't really know anything besides hello and thank you

Hi there !
Glad to see you're interested in my language!
Mee too, I'm interested in yours!

Well, before giving you any 'homework' to do, I'd be happy to know more about you and your work experience thing in Bucharest.
Actually, I'm a Romanian native speaker, I've been living in Paris for almost 6 years now and I am an English teacher. Can you see the picture?
More next time, now it's your turn!

Pe curând ! (EN: See / read you soon!)

Cristina

The internship never happened, due to illness But I'm still considering it

I'm a native speaker in German, English, and Dutch, and (probably) going to Scandinavia or maybe Estonia for my Master's, so if you're interested in any of those...

In his book The Power of Babel, John McWhorter calls Romanian "the twisted sister" of the romance family.

TRiG.

Besides Romansch, it's basically the only surviving form of Latin! So it seems to me that the others are more twisted...

Rome. Mania.

It all begins to make sense now.
Except for the Romany bits.

~jwf~

Ah, but it's part of the Balkan Sprachsbund (sp?).

This is where a number of languages from different families are spoken in the same area and influence each other's grammar. Romanian, for example, takes articles after the noun, instead of before.

TRiG.

And Romanies will take anything that's not nailed down.

~jwf~

Then they've just settled into European habits since they left Asia. When in Rome, eh?

Oh, just noticed that Crisnicky is new! Hello and welcome to h2g2! An ACE will be by your space to welcome you properly soon.

Glad you're around!

Ah geez, a newbie! And here's mere spouting anti=gypsy hatred and anti-Roman-orthodoxy. WHAT IF HE/SHE/IT IS A COP! I could get done for a hate crime and/or be excommunicated. Good thing I diddle mention the jewish thing.

~j~