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| tarvos Super Polyglot Winner TAC 2012 Senior Member China likeapolyglot.wordpr Joined 4708 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 17 of 26 19 March 2013 at 4:23pm | IP Logged | ||
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Yes, I have the Assimil and it has the same flaws. Not too much has changed, there are just a lot of instances of î that are now â except word-initially and also in some verb forms they have become u (sunt and not sînt aici). I remember older people saying something about this and about using the new spelling which they weren't entirely used to having moved away from Romania ages ago. Edited by tarvos on 19 March 2013 at 4:24pm 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| Arekkusu Hexaglot Senior Member Canada bit.ly/qc_10_lec Joined 5382 days ago 3971 posts - 7747 votes Speaks: English, French*, GermanC1, Spanish, Japanese, Esperanto Studies: Italian, Norwegian, Mandarin, Romanian, Estonian | Message 18 of 26 19 March 2013 at 4:40pm | IP Logged | ||
I was told it's still pronounced sînt despite it being now written sunt... Edited by Arekkusu on 19 March 2013 at 9:00pm 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| tarvos Super Polyglot Winner TAC 2012 Senior Member China likeapolyglot.wordpr Joined 4708 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 19 of 26 19 March 2013 at 5:19pm | IP Logged | ||
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I don't remember the pronunciation. Quite simply that it is written sunt. I have not tried my hand at speaking yet and I have shelved Romanian a bit for the moment in favour of Hebrew. Edited by tarvos on 19 March 2013 at 5:22pm 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| Expugnator Hexaglot Senior Member Brazil Joined 5167 days ago 3335 posts - 4349 votes Speaks: Portuguese*, Norwegian, French, English, Italian, Papiamento Studies: Mandarin, Georgian, Russian | Message 20 of 26 19 March 2013 at 5:32pm | IP Logged | ||
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The change to sunt was a way to pay a homage to Latin. It's still pronounced as sînt, despite being written sunt. Arekkusu was right.
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| tarvos Super Polyglot Winner TAC 2012 Senior Member China likeapolyglot.wordpr Joined 4708 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 21 of 26 19 March 2013 at 7:13pm | IP Logged | ||
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I never doubted that? The pronunciation in those other words also never changed, â and î have the same phonetic value. Just noticed the difference in spelling.
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| Arekkusu Hexaglot Senior Member Canada bit.ly/qc_10_lec Joined 5382 days ago 3971 posts - 7747 votes Speaks: English, French*, GermanC1, Spanish, Japanese, Esperanto Studies: Italian, Norwegian, Mandarin, Romanian, Estonian | Message 22 of 26 19 March 2013 at 9:01pm | IP Logged | ||
Sorry, I just edited my confusing post -- sînt is spelled sunt but pronounced sînt. 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| Juаn Senior Member Colombia Joined 5346 days ago 727 posts - 1830 votes Speaks: Spanish* | Message 23 of 26 20 March 2013 at 12:47am | IP Logged | ||
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If you can devote a reasonable amount of time to each of them, studying several languages concurrently will enhance both your enjoyment and your perspective and ability to grapple with language and language learning.
The Romanian language along with its culture is absolutely fascinating. It boasts a rich literary tradition -mostly untranslated- that can be obtained at ridiculously low prices, and a vibrant cultural and intellectual life. You'll find your Russian lending unexpected help too. To go on merely imagining what it would be like to study multiple languages will only contribute unease and anxiety. The only way to solve the question is to go ahead and try it out. You won't be the worse for it. 7 persons have voted this message useful | |||
| lorinth Tetraglot Senior Member Belgium Joined 4275 days ago 443 posts - 581 votes Speaks: French*, English, Spanish, Latin Studies: Mandarin, Finnish | Message 24 of 26 20 March 2013 at 10:24am | IP Logged | ||
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I'm new here, so first: Hi everybody!
Julie says:
I wholeheartedly agree. My main focus is on Mandarin. It's the one language to which I devote most of my time. But I also dabble with Finnish, Latin, Spanish, and three other languages. However, my level is different in all of them. Therefore, the related "learning" activities are, in fact, very varied and, hence, enjoyable. In Spanish, I can read a contemporary novel and listen to the news; in Chinese, apart from manuals, I can read a comic or simple books; in Latin, I can read some history; in Dutch, I just study some basic stuff with my daughter (who's learning it at school), etc. If you can afford it (if you have enough time) and you make an effort to remember where your priorities really are (if you no longer have time, you should drop some activities), learning several languages can be fun. 2 persons have voted this message useful |
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