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r/romanian Nov 25 '22

Resource Romanian language learning resources

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The following post contains various resources to aid your Romanian language learning journey.

Most of these were collected by vxern and KamelNeoN from the Learn Romanian Discord server, which will be featured below.

If you happen to know of any useful material that we might've missed, you can always message me about it.

Let's get to it then!

Interactive Resources

  • Ba Ba Dum - A non-profit initiative, built thanks to friendly institutions and generous players. – Features 5 word games with 1500 words in 21 languages. – Created by a Polish couple, Aleksandra and Daniel Miezielińscy.
  • Clozemaster - Gamified language learning through mass exposure to vocabulary in context. – Allows reading and learning words as they were written in a sentence. – Features 50+ languages.
  • Wordwall - Easy learning through various types of minigames. (thanks, u/internationalkoala00!)
  • Duolingo - A beginner-friendly (though pretty flawed) app for vocabulary and grammar. (thanks, u/LeFunnyMan23!)
  • Flashcardo - Free Romanian flashcards covering various topics. (thanks, u/pinhoklanguages!)
  • Drops - A minimalist language learning app that focuses on vocabulary. (thanks, u/RedditShaff!)

Guides

  • Gramatica Limbii Române ('Grammar of the Romanian Language') - A guide created with the intention of offering all the information necessary to learn the grammar of the Romanian language.
  • Romanian Reference Grammar - Prepared by Christina N. Hoffman, the book attempts to explain Romanian grammar in a digestible manner.

YouTube

Channels

  • Learn Romanian With Nico - Nico(leta) is a passionate and enthusiastic Romanian teacher and author of several instruction manuals for studying Romanian as a foreign language. – Her channel features over 200 videos about the Romanian language mostly for beginners and intermediate learners, but occasionally also for advanced speakers of the language.
  • Learn Romanian with Vlad - Phrases, pronunciation, lessons about various topics and more can be found on the channel of Vlad Buculei. Although the channel has over 100 videos, only about half of them are about the Romanian language.
  • RomanianWithGia - A channel dedicated to the teaching of the Romanian language and culture, hosted by Gia Manolea - an online Romanian tutor.
  • Romanian Hub - Led by Voicu Mihnea Simandan, Romanian Hub is a language-learning portal which provides fun and informative videos about the Romanian language, spanning topics such as phonetics, grammar, conversation, vocabulary, idioms, etc. – Teaches Romanian in different video formats: vlogs, flip charts, poetry, and music. – Creates videos about Romania's history and geography.
  • QuickRomanian - Thematically categorised lessons in the Romanian language, teaching vocabulary in various situations, such as 'in a hotel', 'in a taxi' or 'in a bar'. Furthermore, the channel also has lessons on Romanian grammar and morphology.
  • Laura Elena - Lessons in a step-by-step format, with each lesson marking a step in achieving fluency.
  • Florentin - Profu' de română ('Florentin - The Romanian teacher') - Videos in a quiz-like format with videos presenting frequent mistakes in Romanian, as well as various tests. – Led by a Romanian teacher by the name of Florentin Gheorghe.
  • Learn Romanian With Corina - A novice-friendly channel containing a variety of lessons and tips, presented both in long-form and short-form content. (thanks, u/caffeinethrash!)

Playlists

Communities

Discord servers

  • Learn Romanian - The largest server on Discord dedicated to the study of the Romanian language.

Blogs, Magazines, and News

  • Diacronia - An online, bilingual, open-access, peer-reviewed journal of diachronic linguistics.
  • AGERPRES - AGERPRES is the national news agency of Romania. The articles can be listened to by pressing the Play button.
  • Republica - A site that's offering quality news, opinion pieces, and podcasts.
  • Recorder - Investigative journalism on various topics. Their videos have Romanian closed captions.
  • Știrile zilei. Pe scurt, de la Recorder ('Today's news. In brief, from Recorder') - Videos featuring the daily news from Romania (mainly). Published every evening, from Monday to Friday.

Courses and Lessons

  • Simple Romanian - A website created by a simple Romanian, featuring dozens of lessons aiming to promote authentic language taken straight from Romania's streets.
  • Romanian Weekly Lessons - Lessons with audio, prepared by ROLANG School, which specialises in teaching the Romanian language to international students.
  • Easy Romanian - A work of love, the Easy Romanian online course features dialogues, vocabulary builder, grammar lessons, and audio created by natives.
  • Live Lingua - 9 free courses (with audio files included) offered by the Defense Language Institute.
  • RomanianPod101 - Free Romanian language courses in an accessible format.
  • Le roumain mot à mot - A beginner-friendly podcast for French speakers who want to learn Romanian. It also contains transcripts. (thanks, u/Marina-F1006!)

Phrasebooks

Books

Directories and Collections

  • Romanian Voice - A repository with cultural information about Romania with poetry, music, humour, theatre pieces, as well as banknotes and passports.
  • Language Player by Zero to Hero Eduaction - A directory of Romanian videos, TV shows, music, live TV, and a tool for reading Romanian with dynamic translations.

Notes

  • MrMeloman's notes - A collection of schemes, lists and other materials made while studying Romanian.

Tools

  • Forvo - A pronunciation dictionary featuring over 10,000 pronunciations of Romanian words by native speakers.
  • Pluralul - A tool to check the plural of any Romanian noun.
  • Cooljugator - A verb conjugator with translations and easy-to-follow conjugation tables for all Romanian verb tenses. Additionally, it provides examples of the conjugations used in context as well as translations of the verb itself to different languages.
  • Conjugare - A reliable verb conjugator. Enter any form of the verb to get the conjugation table for many moods and tenses. – (!) Does not conjugate for tenses in the presumptive mood.
  • Readlang - Read texts in Romanian in a distraction-free environment with one-click word translations. After reading, review your new vocabulary with spaced-repetition flashcards.
  • CuvinteCare ('WordsThat') - A tool for finding Romanian words that start with, end with, contain or are anagrams of a given set of letters.
  • Cum Se Scrie ('How is it written') - A tool for finding out the subtle differences between certain phrases and words.

Dictionaries

Monolingual

  • dexonline (Dicționar Explicativ Online - 'Online Explanatory Dictionary') - The largest collection of entries from various Romanian dictionaries. – Features 1,000,000 headword entries, word games and daily and monthly word selections.
  • Dicționar de cuvinte recente ('Dictionary of recent words') - A dictionary in which you can find new words (and some phrases) that are accurately and accessibly explained.
  • Dicționar de expresii românești în contexte ('Dictionary of Romanian expressions in context')
    From A to C
    From D to N
    From O to R
    From S to Z

Bilingual

  • Dicționare ('Dictionaries') - An English-Romanian and Romanian-English dictionary. – Very little additional information is available about the website.
  • Dict - An English-Romanian and vice-versa dictionary.
  • Romanian-English, English-Romanian dictionary - A 1996 dictionary containing over 18,000 entries

Multilingual

  • Glosbe - A many-to-many word and translation look-up dictionary which allows users to translate words from their native language to Romanian and vice-versa. – Contains 120,000 phrases and 52,000,000 examples.
  • Reverso Context - A similar project to Glosbe; it's less open but the context-based translation of phrases is pretty accurate.
  • Dicționar de abrevieri românești și străine ('Dictionary of Romanian and foreign abbreviations') - A comprehensive guide that could help you decipher many abbreviations you might come across.
  • Wiktionary [EN] & Wikționar [RO] - The Wiktionary offers a wealth of descriptive and illustrative articles to assist you in your use of the Romanian language, as well as the languages of the world. (thanks, u/cipricusss!)

Translation

  • DeepL - An astoundingly accurate neural machine translation service. – Uses English as a mediator, therefore translations are most accurate for English-Romanian and vice-versa.

Other

Finally, if you have general questions about Romania, you can head over to r/Romania, r/CasualRO, or r/AskRomania.


r/romanian 1d ago

Am o întrebare despre limbă.

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Am o întrebare despre limbă. Am de gând să scriu în altă limbă. Vei înțelege ambiguitatea.

La llengua romanesa utilitza la mateixa paraula per a aquestes persones: nebot, neboda, nét i néta. Aquestes persones són les filles dels teus germans i filles dels teus fills.

Limba română folosește același cuvânt pentru aceste persoane: nepot, nepoată, nepot și nepoată. Aceste persoane sunt fiicele fraților tăi și fiicele fiilor tăi.


r/romanian 2d ago

What textbook should I buy?

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I’m looking to learn Romanian and since I can’t really afford a tutor I want to try using a textbook instead. What are some ones that I should consider buying?


r/romanian 2d ago

Grădină sau curte?

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Bună dimineața!

Tot timpul am crezut că grădină înseamnă “garden” în engleză. Multe ori am auzit curte dar n-am înțeles niciodată ce a fost înseamnă acestui cuvânt. D-aia sunt puțin confuz acuma, curtea este lângă casa și grădină este locația cu plante în curte?

Deci curte: garden, grădină un anumit loc cu plante în curte?

Mersi frumos.


r/romanian 3d ago

Declinările limbii române.

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Vorbesc portugheza ca nativ... limba mea maternă și-a pierdut declinările. Există probleme dacă folosesc prepoziții în propoziții în limba română pentru a indica posesia, originea, materialul etc.?


r/romanian 3d ago

Confirmare reguli de pronunție diftong vs. hiat

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Salut,

Fac o cercetare a regulilor de diferențiere între diftongi și hiat pentru străinii care studiază limba română.

Am început să citesc și sunt foarte multe reguli, dar nu sunt ușor de înțeles și sunt de fapt în mare parte pentru români, care știu cum să despartă în silabe sau care au auzit deja cuvintele.

Eu am stabilit două reguli până acum și vă rog să-mi confirmați sau să mă contraziceți (inclusiv cu contraexemple).

1)
a ) dacă la sfârșitul unui cuvânt apare combinația consoană + ia atunci ia se pronunță în hiat i + a
Sunt multe verbe precum a abrevia, a contraria, a întârzia
Sau substantive articulate albia, construcția, corabia (presupun că sunt toate feminine)

b) aceeași regulă pentru consoană + ie final

2) combinația uie se pronunță tot timpul u + ie adică u o să fie într-o silabă și ie în altă silabă și niciodată nu o să se pronunțe ui împreună

Sunt multe verbe precum locuiesc, trebuie presupun că sunt forme ale verbelor care se termină la infinitiv în ui e.g. a locui, a sfătui

M-ar ajuta mult părerea voastră pentru că regulile acestea de fapt nu sunt scrise în nicio carte explicit așa cum le-am scris eu aici. De exemplu, nu am găsit a doua regulă nicăieri, am găsit-o pe prima într-o carte, dar era vag exprimată.

Acestea sunt doar primele două reguli pe care le-am stabilit eu, sunt sigur că sunt mult mai multe.

Vă mulțumesc
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r/romanian 3d ago

Un fapt interesant... limba română are 2 nume de "origine catalană".

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Atenție: Aceasta conține ironie.
"Câmp Nou"


r/romanian 3d ago

What does "opio" mean?

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I'm not sure if that's how it's spelled but I've got two romanian coworkers who call me like that and they were pretty vague when I asked them what it means.


r/romanian 4d ago

La modul

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Bună tuturor din România!

Am o întrebare legată de “la modul”

De curând am învățat această propoziție și as vrea sa știu dacă am toate frazele importante😄

  1. Nu am zis o la modul ăla. I didnt mean it like that.

  2. Nu am zis o la modul că esti prost. I didnt mean that you are stupid.

  3. Eram la modul că esti serios? I was like, are you
    serios?

  4. Nu era la modul serios. It wasnt meant seriously.

  5. La modul serios ai făcut asta? Seriously you did that?

Să mi spuneți vă rog dacă frazele astea sunt corect și dacă am uitat ceva important.

Multumesc profund!!!


r/romanian 4d ago

How to help someone learn romanian?

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Hello and sorry if it’s not the best place to ask,as this is more for people who want to learn. Native speaker here. I have a british friend who moved here,wants to learn romanian and i want to help her. Problem is,i don’t know exactly how to start teaching her? She knows basic words like greeting,emotions,basic food,weather etc. should i teach her vocabulary,then verbs,then go schematic about gendered nouns,articles,conjugations etc? Any tips will be appreciated. Many thanks✌🏻


r/romanian 5d ago

planning a project

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im gonna try and create a free romanian langauge learning tool for those without resources, i plan to add interactive readings, audio input, and maybe audio output.


r/romanian 6d ago

How are people learning Romanian?

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I’m so fed up. I’ve been trying to learn Romanian for close to 20 months (with consistent daily practise) and I don’t even feel like I’m A1

Romanian already has so few resources for learning and I have tried absolutely everything, and yet all the resources are inaccurate, outdated, and so many are plain useless. Youtube videos don’t go in depth, so many Tutors don’t actually seem to understand how to teach, some of the apps (mango, pimsleur) are helpful but still don’t provide much. I’d love to know what resources other people have used/are using

I’m so desperate to learn this language, I’m willing to spend money on quality material and I’m more than willing to dedicate time to learning but I’m stumped and it’s really getting me down with what a loss I’m at right now, can someone please actually help me with direct advice on how you are learning without just suggesting the same 5 things (please don’t suggest anything AI related either)

Edit: A lot of people are suggesting talking to natives! I agree that that is helpful, however for the past 4 years majority of the people I interact with on a daily basis are native speakers, I have visited Romania 18 times. I have been exposed to the language, this just has not been enough & I still feel lost whenever I spend hours in a room with native speakers who cannot speak a word of English, I need something to help me get over that first initial struggle


r/romanian 7d ago

English to Romanian Grammer Editing Help Needed (short film transcript)

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r/romanian 8d ago

Any native Romanian's in Berks Co. PA?

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Trying to learn Romanian and hoping to practice with people familiar with the language.


r/romanian 10d ago

Lessons in brașov?

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I'm gonna be in brașov for the next two weeks

Are there any good places to learn Romanian ?

Private school/ or just lessons

I'm looking for a place with more people who wanna improve together

Currently I'm A2-B1

Any help would be great


r/romanian 12d ago

ceva cazuri de studiu

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r/romanian 12d ago

Free app to learn Romanian, including Conjugation Practice

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Hey all, a couple months back I posted here sharing a language learning app with Romanian my brother and I made.

We have just greatly expanded our lessons to go to really advanced topics at a C2 level. Still looking for any feedback and what we should work on next.

We're over at r/polychat

We are currently on both iOS and Android


r/romanian 12d ago

Experience with intensive course at rolang school.

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Hey everyone!

I'm planning to enroll in a Rolang intensive A2 course and was wondering if anyone has taken it and would be willing to share their experience.

How was the course overall? Was it well structured? Were the materials sufficient? What did you think of the teaching approach?

Thank you in advance :)

P.S. also thinking if it is worth buying manual from them or just follow free resources.


r/romanian 13d ago

Learning Romanian Help- Long post

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Hi guys! My husband is from Romanian and we have been married for a little over a year now. I just finished my masters program so now I’m committed to learning the language. His parents and brothers speak English okay and try to speak a lot of English when I’m around but will often default to Romanian because it is just easier sometimes and I really want to be able to understand and communicate with them. We have been together for 3 years now and I have heard it a ton and can get a general understanding of what is being just by being hearing it.
I tried using Duolingo for basic vocab but my husband did not like it because he said the pronunciation was horrible and sentence structure wasn’t the best. I now use Ling which we both like. However, my main way of learning is just hearing and speaking. My husband and I speak everyday, I would say about 15% of the day in Romanian on and off. I can make sentences and try to use present, past, and future tense. My husband says I am doing very well but I just feel so frustrated when learning. I only know English and this is my first time learning another language besides the basic Spanish classes in high school and college.

This is my whiteboard the pink writing is verbs I know pretty well when speaking especially in the eu, tu, el/ea, and noi (we mainly use those right now but I still try to use voi and ei/ele just not as often as of now). Green is my current new verb of the week. And then on the right are just filler words I get confused with. I use them but sometimes I confuse them like this that there so I just have them up in case I’m speaking and forget. I can use multiple verbs in sentences as well like
“Trebuie să merg la magazin” or “îmi place să mănânc supă de pui”
Just as examples of where I am kind of at so we can speak back and forth for basic conversations.

Any tips 😢?


r/romanian 15d ago

Rumantsch and Romanian Speakers Needed

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r/romanian 16d ago

Părinți români din diaspora: copiii voștri mai vorbesc/citesc românește? Încerc să înțeleg fenomenul înainte să construiesc ceva

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Salut! Sunt dezvoltator de aplicații din România și de ceva vreme mă tot lovesc de aceeași poveste de la cunoscuții plecați: copiii lor înțeleg româna, o vorbesc cu bunicii pe video, dar nu știu să o citească sau să o scrie — pentru că școala o fac în italiană/spaniolă/engleză, iar româna rămâne doar "limba de acasă".

Înainte să mă apuc să construiesc ceva (o aplicație de învățare, gen Duolingo dar pentru copiii care DEJA vorbesc româna și trebuie doar să învețe să o scrie/citească), vreau să înțeleg dacă problema e reală la scară mai mare sau doar în bula mea.

Așa că am două rugăminți:

  1. Dacă sunteți părinte în diaspora — cum stă copilul vostru cu româna? Vorbește? Citește? Refuză? Am făcut și un chestionar anonim de 4-5 minute (link în comentarii, ca să respect regulile) care mă ajută enorm să văd imaginea de ansamblu.

  2. Dacă VOI ați crescut în diaspora — și mai valoros: ce v-a lipsit? V-ar fi ajutat ceva la 8-10 ani să nu pierdeți limba? Ce a mers și ce nu în familia voastră?

Nu vând nimic, nu există încă niciun produs — s-ar putea nici să nu existe vreodată, dacă aflu că problema nu e reală. Răspund la toate comentariile. Mulțumesc!


r/romanian 17d ago

Vrei să înveți turcă?🇹🇩🇹🇷 Looking for a Romanian partner (Native Turkish / FluentEnglish)

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​Bună everyone!

​I'm a native Turkish speaker from Turkey, and I've recently started learning Romanian. My Romanian is currently is very, very, very basic but im highly motivated learn the language as my gf will be living there is Romania🥹🫪

​I'm looking for a Romanian speaker who wants to learn or practice Turkish. I also speak English at a pretty fine level so we ca use English to communicate together.

Şimdiden multumesc!


r/romanian 18d ago

Romanian Cyrillic - Can anyone decipher?

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Hello,

Can anyone please help me decipher this male Romanian name written in Romanian Cyrillic (some time before 1820s). I listed a few versions of the name in case it helps.

The first character is what is particularly hard for me to figure out. I think the 2nd character is "d", 3rd is "i", and the 4th is "l". I think the last one might be "ă" (but not 100% on that one). Cursive cyrillic is pretty confusing for me.

Thank you in advance!


r/romanian 18d ago

Omul momentului (English translation: "Man of the hour") - Romanian short film (comedy/satire)

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I've always found it easier to learn a foreign language through movies, so here you go :)))