One word at a time: „Seamă”
Words can be fascinating little gems. Some, because of how they sound - for example, lalelele, “the tulips”. Some others, because of...
top of page
Blog
Search
Ilinca Stroe
Aug 15, 20183 min read
Making Wishes in Romanian: Occasions and Phrases
If you’re an expat who has lived in Romania for a few good months, you are very likely to have been told, when you got a haircut or a new...
5,814 views0 comments
Ilinca Stroe
Aug 8, 20183 min read
Recognising and Expressing Moods: Putting a Phrase to the Feeling
Among the trending topics recently popularised in glossy magazines and in the world of publishing there are two emotions: hygge, marketed...
167 views0 comments
Ilinca Stroe
Aug 2, 20183 min read
Proof of Endearment: Diminutive Suffixes in Romanian
Those of you who are naturally inclined to read a restaurant menu not only for nutritional purposes but also to pick on typos,...
2,900 views0 comments
Ilinca Stroe
Jul 30, 201814 min read
Romania’s Treasures: the Humanists
Any piece of writing dealing with the humanities must necessarily start out by reminding its readers that the status quo of the...
41 views0 comments
Ilinca Stroe
Jul 10, 20182 min read
Teaching Excellence Award
Every now and then there comes a time when we all need to take a respite and carefully go through what has been achieved so far in our...
6 views0 comments
Ilinca Stroe
Jul 4, 20183 min read
Dead Funny Up North: Săpânţa’s Unique Cemetery
It probably takes comedian Hugh Laurie’s straight face to be able to announce serenely, “This lovely summer we warmly recommend that you...
74 views0 comments
Ilinca Stroe
Jun 26, 20182 min read
EAQUALS 2018
For more than 15 years, International House Bucharest has offered high quality services to its partners and has been famous for the...
8 views0 comments
Ilinca Stroe
Jun 13, 201811 min read
Romania’s Treasures: the Writers
Once upon a time, Romanians put pen to paper... To be more specific, it was 1521 when the first known piece of writing in Romanian (with...
138 views0 comments
Veronica Negru
Jun 11, 20181 min read
Romanian Intensive Courses 2018
Each summer, International House Bucharest invites you on a journey in the world of foreign languages. Language Travel is an intensive...
11 views0 comments
Ilinca Stroe
Apr 19, 20182 min read
One Word at a Time: „Dor”
Sensibilities have changed significantly among Romanians in the last few decades: for example, the music of the late ‘80s/early ‘90s,...
901 views0 comments
Ilinca Stroe
Mar 22, 20182 min read
Time in Romania: the Widespread Present Tense
Learners of Romanian who are familiar with the phrase “sfertul academic” may have also realised that punctuality, by which one generally...
36 views0 comments
Ilinca Stroe
Mar 1, 20182 min read
Breaking News: Mărţişor Declares a State of Spring
There was once a Roman offspring On Momma Dochia’s braided string. Handsome and news-some, Stuck to the ladies’ bosom, Love, luck and...
111 views0 comments
Ilinca Stroe
Dec 19, 20173 min read
Sarmale and Friends: a Christmas Special
A few years ago around Christmas, a Romanian-American acquaintance I was supposed to meet for a chat and coffee phoned to put off our...
28 views0 comments
Veronica Negru
Sep 7, 20171 min read
Romanian open courses
International House Bucharest has been in our country since 2002 and it is the leader of Language courses in Romania, a status which has...
6 views0 comments
Veronica Negru
Aug 7, 20171 min read
Romanian Intensive Courses
Study Romanian invites you to attend our open intensive summer courses, that are divided into 2 activity modules: Conversation Grammar...
18 views0 comments
Ilinca Stroe
Jul 17, 20173 min read
Romanian Verbal Mannerisms - Why Do We Say “Nu e ca şi cum…”?
This light-hearted yet quite pragmatic series of posts focuses on verbal mannerisms in contemporary Romanian to give you a hint of where...
13 views0 comments
Veronica Negru
Jun 20, 20171 min read
Romanian Intensive Courses
Study Romanian invites you to attend our open intensive summer courses, that are divided into 2 activity modules: Conversation Grammar...
11 views0 comments
Carmen Raris
Jun 15, 20172 min read
The Influence of Slavic Languages on Romanian
A Latin-origin language, Romanian has been heavily influenced by Slavonic, which gives it a peculiar character, compared to the other...
2,252 views0 comments
Enida Cincora
Jun 12, 20175 min read
The Influence of French on Romanian (A Historical Overview)
As early as the 18th century, the Romanian Principalities started being strongly influenced by French due to the reigns of Phanariote...
4,057 views0 comments
bottom of page