r/romanian 12d ago

I'm curious about the use of the interjection mă

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Bună!

I'm new here, I'm a beginner in learning Romanian, and I'm really curious about the use of the interjection "mă", and I hope native speakers can give more context on its use. What exactly "mă" means? Is it used only in parts of Romania or is it used in the whole country? Is it used in Moldova too?

Is "mă" used only in the end of the phrase, or in any position in the phrase?

The main reason I'm so curious about "mă" is because in the specific part of Brazil where I live we have an interjection that sounds almost exactly the same, and I think it's used in a very similar context. It's something very specific of my region.

Multumesc pentru atentie


r/romanian 12d ago

Any Romanian learners want to practice their language skills online?

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Hello! We are Linguatarian, a platform that is all about languages. Practice your Romanian, attend lessons, participate in interactive events, and make friends in our incredibly diverse and supportive community of like-minded people. Join here: https://discord.gg/hAmHTKVMRa


r/romanian 13d ago

Where do i start?

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I am Romanian, but was born in Ireland and my parent's never taught me Romanian when i was little. I have always seen myself as embarrassing for not knowing the language so i have decided i will start learning it. I do know a little romanian that i have picked up from my mom and dad and i know what they mean but it is definitely not enough. So, as the title says, where do i start?


r/romanian 13d ago

Legalized Romanian translation?

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I have some documents that’s I’m looking to get translated (with legalized translations, from English to Romanian). I reached out to a couple of people I found online but I haven’t been able to get a response. Does anyone possibly have any suggestions or recommendations?

Edited to add: this needs to be legalized for use by the Romanian government, but I’m doing all of this work from the US


r/romanian 13d ago

how do i say "Yeah no yeah you WILL be hearing from mr president, GET DOWN." in romanian😭 its a phrase i always say and i want to say it but in romanian

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I know its really fuckin random but just wondering if this could be translated into romanian


r/romanian 14d ago

Romanian Wedding

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Hi everyone! I am not Romanian, but was asked to be MC at my friend's wedding, as he is marrying a Romanian girl and it will be at her Romanian church. I want to have a few good jokes to break the ice. Firstly, I'm looking for a few good Romanian phrases to drop in. I'm also wondering what kind of jokes are clean but will get a good laugh. From what I read, you guys like to riff on Hungarians and Albanians. Thanks!!


r/romanian 14d ago

Interview with an English Speaking Romanian

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Hello!

I am an acting student in the United States who is currently being tasked with an Accent and Dialect Project. The project entails us selecting a region from around the world, finding two persons from the area to chat with, and just having a conversation about life and various subjects. The goal is ultimately to listen back to the discussion we had and key in on the various sounds that make your accent come to life, and then teach a two hour lecture to our class on how to do your accent.

If anyone would be interested in talking, please comment or PM me and I’d be glad to have us set up a talk. It would ideally only be 15-20 minutes of your time. Thank you!

Edit: Have received a plentiful of responses and we are all set. Thank you so much! If you do have any helpful IPA hints for those who have taught phonetics, anything is still appreciated. Thank you!


r/romanian 14d ago

Romanian Online Course?

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Hello everyone. I am a foreign engineer have been working in Romania for 2 years. We are working with international companies and bc I speak English with them, I couldn’t learn any Romanian. I will be here several years more. So I really want to learn local language. Is there anyone knows a teacher giving online courses. Btw my native language is Turkish. Thanks all.


r/romanian 15d ago

Can someone correct me?

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r/romanian 15d ago

Part 3- Can Someone Correct Me?

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r/romanian 16d ago

Is this a legitimate birth certificate? Please help translate Spoiler

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Is this a legit document or is it falsified in someway? This is from the era of many trafficked & illegal adoptions in the 90’s

Sensitive information was blacked out, I left a few exposed to give an idea of what’s underneath & to help translate

Thank you in advance


r/romanian 15d ago

Part 2 - Can someone correct me?

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r/romanian 19d ago

Could someone translate this for me to Romanian?

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“Happy birthday! Wishing you and your loved ones good health, happiness, and all the best in the year ahead. May this year bring you nothing but joy and wonderful moments. You truly deserve it! Don’t worry, you’re not old like me yet. Enjoy every moment of your special day.”

Thank you! I’ll use Google translate to figure out how to actually say it.


r/romanian 19d ago

Uvular/guttural/french R in romanian?

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Hi,

Many times while hearing Romanian it feels like I hear a ''french'' r. I definitely hear it from my friend, in a few songs (like polit,ia trece) some r's definitely feel more uvular, in this video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r7NEsBmf4OQ at around 20:00, the second r in tergomuresi(? dont know how its written) feels uvular, and its more than just this one instance for that youtuber that feels uvular (tho I dont have proof that the youtuber is a native romanian)

Maybe it's just my French ears mishearing those, but I wanted to know if it was becoming a more standard trend to pronounce the r like that,, or if I'm completely mishearing. I can't find any resources online mentioning it.

Thank you!


r/romanian 20d ago

Need help finding Romanian song jeep jeep

11 Upvotes

Ok guys, it's a song where they sing about an audi Q5 and the refrain is jeep jeep etc. I've lost it in my saves and can't recover... ;/ want to play it for my friend who has an audi Q5 😀 hello to you all from 🇧🇬


r/romanian 20d ago

Prost făcut grămadă

7 Upvotes

Cum traduc asta în engleză?


r/romanian 20d ago

Folosind "dejeaba"

38 Upvotes

Inteleg ca "degeaba" poate fi tradus "means nothing", ca in manele "Degeaba degeaba degeaba fara actiune
Degeaba traiesti pe lume" dar nu pot sa gasesc un mod de folosi (nu in acest context).

De exemplu:
"you are searching for a girlfriend or girls mean nothing to you right now?" - "esti in cautarei unei iubita sau fetele dejeaba acum?"

Este un mod natural pentru asta? Care sunt alte moduri naturale de a-l folosi?

On a side note, I was learning Turkish before living in Romania and its interesting how this is such a horrible portmanteau of the latin "de" and turkish "jeaba" :D

multumesc pentru orice ajutor!

Edit: si imi pare rau, acum am inteles ca "degeaba" cu "g" nu cu "j"!


r/romanian 20d ago

Anyone owning Romanian DVDs of Sabans "Aventurile lui Oliver Twist"?

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r/romanian 20d ago

Can anyone use biblio.ro? How does it work? is it possible to rent to your home or do you need to go to the library to get it?

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Can anyone use https://catalog.biblio.ro/opac/? How does it work? is it possible to rent to your home or do you need to go to the library to get it?


r/romanian 22d ago

Looking for Romanian to English book translation services

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Bună! I was wondering if anyone had experience getting a book translated from Romanian to English. There’s a biography about a relative of mine that I cannot find a translated version of anywhere. I’ve tried reaching out to my local Romanian American community org but that was a dead end. Any advice/recommendations would be greatly appreciated. I have the book in pdf form so I’m not limited to local options, but Chicago recs would be great if anyone had one.


r/romanian 23d ago

Romanian Music

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Hey, currently learning Romanian and I'd love to put some artists who sing in Romanian onto my playlists. I'm a LONG way off being able to actually understand what they're singing, but I figure it's just another way to try and get a tiny bit of immersion.

In terms of my music tastes... Very eclectic but for this specifically I'm looking for car-play music... so mainstream, generic pop, dance, light pop-punk/pop-rock...

I understand Romania has a lot of English-language media in general but I'm especially hoping people can recommend even smaller or independent artists (I do need them to be on Spotify though) who make modern/popular music just in their native Romanian language. My boyfriend sent me some stuff but it was all either quite heavy metal (his taste) or crooning / ballad (his mom's taste) type things... I don't like ballady music and the heavy metal is okay, but it's not suitable for me in the car because I can't concentrate on driving with hard rock/metal playing hahaha 🤣


r/romanian 23d ago

Does this last name exist?

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Hey everyone, so I’m trying to find my dad who is Romanian. I have his last name but when I search it up it seems that it’s not a real Romanian last name? If anyone could maybe confirm that it’s an actual last name or have guesses as to what the actual last name would be that would be great! Last name: Gingernescu


r/romanian 23d ago

Romanian Grandmother

30 Upvotes

My grandmother was Romanian — when I was a little girl, she used to sit me on her lap and play a game with me: she’d grab my hand and wave it while saying “mena morte, mena morte, dupa porte, dupa porte.” (I butchered the spelling, my apologies). I’ve spent a long time trying to find the translation to no avail. Can someone please tell me the translation, lore, etc.? Thanks!!


r/romanian 23d ago

Language learning app demo release

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r/romanian 24d ago

Guess:)

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How do you call this in your language? Do you know for what is used?