Use It or Lose It (1): 10 Exercises to Practise Your Romanian
No practice, no learning. To keep your Romanian in good shape, here are 10 short exercises for you, covering both grammar and vocabulary (wo
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Ilinca Stroe
Apr 8, 20203 min read
One word and beyond: “Rost” in 9 Everyday Romanian Phrases
"Rost": a Romanian noun which is essentially untranslatable. Although as part of some phrases it can be easily rendered as “point",
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Ilinca Stroe
Mar 25, 20203 min read
#StayHome and Explore Romanian. 4 Activities You Can Do Using StudyRomanian Online Resources
So we, at StudyRomanian, would like to assist you in choosing language-learning activities that you can carry out using our resources, so th
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Ilinca Stroe
Feb 29, 20203 min read
One word and beyond: “Drag” in 9 Everyday Romanian Phrases
There’s “drag” in English and “drag” in Romanian. The four-letter noun looks the same in both languages but the meanings are wide apart:
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Ilinca Stroe
Jan 27, 20203 min read
One word and beyond: “Nas” in 11 Everyday Romanian Phrases
It is the key word in a great deal of phrases and idiomatic expressions where the overall meaning has to do, somewhat surprisingly, not with
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Ilinca Stroe
Dec 5, 20193 min read
What Do We Ask When We Ask Nothing? 10 Answerless Questions in Romanian
In Romanian, we don’t have question tags. But we do have what we could call, generically, “rhetorical questions”: questions which don't
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Ilinca Stroe
Oct 25, 20193 min read
One word at a time: “Păr”
In the mythology, fiction and arts of many cultures, it is a symbol of plentifulness, wellbeing, beauty and status, especially with women.
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Ilinca Stroe
Sep 11, 20193 min read
One word at a time: “Gât”
They say, “capul se uită unde îl întoarce gâtul” (the head looks in the direction where the neck turns it), and that certainly suggests
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Ilinca Stroe
Jul 28, 20192 min read
One word at a time: “Umăr”
In this framework, there’s one body part in particular that symbolises dependability: the shoulder – in Romanian, umăr, from Latin humerus.
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Ilinca Stroe
Jun 5, 20193 min read
One word at a time: “Ureche”
This time round the focus will be on the word “ureche” (ear), which comes from Latin oricla (auricula), and the expressions it has generated
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Ilinca Stroe
Apr 22, 20194 min read
One word at a time: “Picior”
One body part without which graceful activities such as dancing would be almost impossible is the key word in many useful Romanian...
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Ilinca Stroe
Mar 13, 20194 min read
One word at a time: “Ochi”
When it comes to phrases and idioms based on body parts, one such body part is especially prolific, the key word in many expressions: the...
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Ilinca Stroe
Jan 30, 20194 min read
One word at a time: “Mână”
Continuing the series of articles about phrases based on body parts, which are as numerous in Romanian as they are in English, let’s have...
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Ilinca Stroe
Jan 9, 20194 min read
One word at a time: “Cap”
Just like in English, names of body parts generate in Romanian numerous phrases, idioms and even proverbs which are quite common in...
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Ilinca Stroe
Dec 19, 20183 min read
Christmas Wishes, Romanian Style
To a nation where people wish each other things on a wildly wide range of occasions, from having a haircut to getting down to work or...
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Ilinca Stroe
Dec 12, 20183 min read
One word at a time: „Sine”
If grammatical items could make a career just like humans do, this little word would become a superexecutive: sine. Based on the Latin...
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Ilinca Stroe
Oct 3, 20183 min read
More than Teachers at IH: Iulia, Romanian & English Trainer
1. Can you sum up in a paragraph how you’ve come to be a teacher? I think our childhood experiences influence a lot our future choice of...
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Ilinca Stroe
Sep 19, 20185 min read
Learning Romanian: with or without a teacher?
Today, whether you are an expat professional, a local office worker or a migrant un/skilled worker, you are expected to know (a bit of) a...
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Ilinca Stroe
Sep 12, 20183 min read
One word at a time: „Simţ”
How many senses are there? Realists would say that five, of course: sight, hearing, touch, smell and taste. Believers in the paranormal...
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Ilinca Stroe
Sep 5, 20183 min read
Showing Active Listening: One-Word Responses in Conversation
Recent language textbooks go beyond grammar and vocabulary, the regulars of standardised language learning, to encompass areas of...
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