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 Iversen Super Polyglot Moderator Denmark berejst.dk Joined 6703 days ago 9078 posts - 16473 votes  Speaks: Danish*, French, English, German, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, Dutch, Swedish, Esperanto, Romanian, Catalan Studies: Afrikaans, Greek, Norwegian, Russian, Serbian, Icelandic, Latin, Irish, Lowland Scots, Indonesian, Polish, Croatian Personal Language Map | Message 25 of 36 02 December 2007 at 12:50pm | IP Logged | |||||
I haven't got that one. I have bought the English <--> Romanian Teora dictionary (Andrei Bantaş) with 35.000 words Eng->Ro and around 40.000 the other way, and so far I have been quite satisfied with it, - I don't remember the price, but the editor has a web paeg (www.teora.ro). I have forgotten (or repressed the memory of) what I paid for it, but it was not exactly cheap. Besides I have got a minuscule German <--> Romanian dictionary from Langenscheidt, a Danish --> Romanian dictionary plus a large monolingual dictionary from 1958, published by the Romanian Academy. 1 person has voted this message useful | ||||||
| daristani Senior Member United States Joined 7144 days ago 752 posts - 1661 votes Studies: Uzbek | Message 26 of 36 06 December 2007 at 6:55am | IP Logged | |||||
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Dogtanian, I just tried the link
http://cnt.dnt.md/romint/undp/nivel1.php and it seems to be back up again. 1 person has voted this message useful | ||||||
| LilleOSC Senior Member United States lille.theoffside.comRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 6691 days ago 545 posts - 546 votes 4 sounds Speaks: English* Studies: French, Arabic (Written) | Message 27 of 36 16 July 2008 at 12:37pm | IP Logged | |||||
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I want to lean Romanian in the future, but I am not sure if it is really feasible considering the amount of materials out there and the small interest with the language. How are the Pimsleur and Assimil Romanian courses? The Pimsleur Romanian course doesn't seem as in depth as their other courses (there is only 10 units). For those that have learned Romanian how hard has it been for you to find speakers to practice with?
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| Felipe Triglot Senior Member United States Joined 6030 days ago 451 posts - 501 votes Speaks: English*, Spanish, Portuguese Studies: Italian, Dutch, Catalan | Message 28 of 36 16 July 2008 at 2:32pm | IP Logged | |||||
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I wanted to learn Romanian before as well, but really struggled to find anyone to practice with. I've only ever met one or two Romanians here in the US and that was before I had any interest in the language. I did the 10 Pimsleur lessons and that was about as far as I got. Someday I may study it again if I can find more material to work with.
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| Iversen Super Polyglot Moderator Denmark berejst.dk Joined 6703 days ago 9078 posts - 16473 votes Speaks: Danish*, French, English, German, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, Dutch, Swedish, Esperanto, Romanian, Catalan Studies: Afrikaans, Greek, Norwegian, Russian, Serbian, Icelandic, Latin, Irish, Lowland Scots, Indonesian, Polish, Croatian Personal Language Map | Message 29 of 36 16 July 2008 at 3:42pm | IP Logged | |||||
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I was lucky: while I was studying French at the university during the 70ties we suddenly got an native teacher from Romania. He returned back home after one year, but then we had another who stayed for 2 years. I followed the courses, and after one year we had gone from 5 pupils (partly teachers) to just one (me) so I was quite fluent after 3 years. But after I left the university in 1981 I doubt that I read one single line in Romanian for the next 25 years, and I certainly didn't get any chance to talk to a native speaker (though a collegue who had a Romanian wife always greeted me with "Buna ziua" each time he saw me so at least I didn't forget that tiny fragment of Romanian).
Here in Europe we have at least the possibility of travelling to Romania and Moldova (don't forget Moldova!), and I actually went there in 2006 on my second visit, thirty years after my first visit under Ceaucescu. Romania has become an easily accessible and very rewarding destination, and I intend to go back there soon. And here in Denmark I can at least hear the language now thanks to the internet, but to be honest I don't get any more chances to speak it than I did before 2006. So if you want to learn a useful language then Romanian may not be the most logical choice. 1 person has voted this message useful | ||||||
| LilleOSC Senior Member United States lille.theoffside.comRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 6691 days ago 545 posts - 546 votes 4 sounds Speaks: English* Studies: French, Arabic (Written) | Message 30 of 36 16 July 2008 at 6:45pm | IP Logged | |||||
That's a shame. It is an interesting language and I like the sound. 1 person has voted this message useful | ||||||
| alang Diglot Senior Member Canada Joined 7221 days ago 563 posts - 757 votes Speaks: English*, Spanish | Message 31 of 36 16 July 2008 at 7:02pm | IP Logged | |||||
Pimsleur is suppose to be coming out with a Romanian comprehensive course before the end of the month. Finding resources with native speakers was not hard for me. I looked around the community to find out. In my area of 30,000+ population city. There is a Romanian community along with other ethnic groups. I found native speakers this way and just called them up. Including with Italian, Spanish, French, etc... By the way I haven't learned Romanian yet, but am planning ahead with possible resources and such. I have even informed the possible tutors about my plan. 1 person has voted this message useful | ||||||
| LilleOSC Senior Member United States lille.theoffside.comRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 6691 days ago 545 posts - 546 votes 4 sounds Speaks: English* Studies: French, Arabic (Written) | Message 32 of 36 16 July 2008 at 8:29pm | IP Logged | |||||
Really? That's great news then. 1 person has voted this message useful |
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