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tarvos Super Polyglot Winner TAC 2012 Senior Member China likeapolyglot.wordpr Joined 4705 days ago 5310 posts - 9399 votes Speaks: Dutch*, English, Swedish, French, Russian, German, Italian, Norwegian, Mandarin, Romanian, Afrikaans Studies: Greek, Modern Hebrew, Spanish, Portuguese, Czech, Korean, Esperanto, Finnish
| Message 9 of 13 15 January 2013 at 5:53pm | IP Logged |
Romanian in my experience is much more like French and Italian. Sure, it borrowed some
Slavic words, but the core is very much Romance.
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| sammymcgoff Groupie United Kingdom Joined 4361 days ago 40 posts - 43 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Polish
| Message 10 of 13 15 January 2013 at 5:57pm | IP Logged |
Some Romanian and French words are identical, such as Salut meaning hello in both
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| Serpent Octoglot Senior Member Russian Federation serpent-849.livejour Joined 6595 days ago 9753 posts - 15779 votes 4 sounds Speaks: Russian*, English, FinnishC1, Latin, German, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese Studies: Danish, Romanian, Polish, Belarusian, Ukrainian, Croatian, Slovenian, Catalan, Czech, Galician, Dutch, Swedish
| Message 11 of 13 15 January 2013 at 8:33pm | IP Logged |
The main thing is that for me the difference between Romanian and other Romance languages is not that significant. Of course it's partly due to my experience with the Slavic languages, but the OP has it as well.
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| sammymcgoff Groupie United Kingdom Joined 4361 days ago 40 posts - 43 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Polish
| Message 12 of 13 16 January 2013 at 4:21pm | IP Logged |
So would Romanian be easiest with my Polish and Romance experience?
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| Serpent Octoglot Senior Member Russian Federation serpent-849.livejour Joined 6595 days ago 9753 posts - 15779 votes 4 sounds Speaks: Russian*, English, FinnishC1, Latin, German, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese Studies: Danish, Romanian, Polish, Belarusian, Ukrainian, Croatian, Slovenian, Catalan, Czech, Galician, Dutch, Swedish
| Message 13 of 13 16 January 2013 at 7:08pm | IP Logged |
Yes, absolutely :-)
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