At present, they are Romania’s third largest ethnic minority, after the Hungarians and the Roma, making up 0.3% of the country’s total popul

... that word is the Romanian equivalent of English “nay”. It has two letters, and you’ll hear quite a bit of it around:

Whatever other peoples’ relationship with stupidity, the Romanians’ is special. Stupidity has us almost in awe. An everyday fact in our life

Direct Object and Indirect Object pronouns are difficult in Romanian. For sure, they require much practice and more patience to learn. Are y

What are the typical characteristics of the Romanians? The special qualities that set them apart from other peoples? The answer depends on w

The past tense is undoubtedly one of the most useful in any language. In Romanian the standard past tense form is “Perfectul Compus”,...

When it comes to Romanian verbs, there are tenses and moods. Of the latter, the most frequently used is the “conjunctiv”, not unsimilar...

probably the most fascinating thing about gender in different languages is the relationship between natural gender and grammatical gender.

10 accessible intermediate-level exercises. So that you keep your Romanian prim, trim and going.

The European Union’s sixth largest country after Brexit and one of Europe’s most important agricultural producers, Romania inherited from...

Practising your Romanian so it doesn’t go downhill can be fun and stimulating. See for yourself trying out these 10 short exercises.

However, linguistically the Romanian language was remarkably welcoming of Turkish-origin words, which have been around for long enough to pe

Fresh from the oven: this month’s dose of Romanian-language practice includes a new batch of 10 mixed-level exercises which will put your mi

Ready for another shot of Romanian? This is snappy practise with 10 new exercises that will help you flex your Romanian muscle

These words of Neo-Greek origin can be circumscribed to the area of moods, attitudes and dispositions, and today they are all used in the fa

Do you feel challenged by these more advanced-level exercises to practise your Romanian?

Your Romanian will stay in good shape with these 10 short exercises covering vocabulary and grammar.

But any (good) translation is inherently an approximation and an adaptation. Hence the adage “traduttore, traditore”. There are words whose

No practice, no learning. To keep your Romanian in good shape, here are 10 short exercises for you, covering both grammar and vocabulary (wo

"Rost": a Romanian noun which is essentially untranslatable. Although as part of some phrases it can be easily rendered as “point",