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...
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Ilinca Stroe
- Aug 15, 2018
- 3 min
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...
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Ilinca Stroe
- Aug 8, 2018
- 3 min
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...
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Ilinca Stroe
- Aug 2, 2018
- 3 min
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,...
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Ilinca Stroe
- Jul 30, 2018
- 14 min
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...
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Ilinca Stroe
- Jul 10, 2018
- 2 min
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...
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Ilinca Stroe
- Jul 4, 2018
- 3 min
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...
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Ilinca Stroe
- Jun 26, 2018
- 2 min
EAQUALS 2018
For more than 15 years, International House Bucharest has offered high quality services to its partners and has been famous for the...
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Ilinca Stroe
- Jun 13, 2018
- 11 min
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...
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Veronica Negru
- Jun 11, 2018
- 1 min
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...
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Ilinca Stroe
- Apr 19, 2018
- 2 min
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,...
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Ilinca Stroe
- Mar 22, 2018
- 2 min
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...
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Ilinca Stroe
- Mar 1, 2018
- 2 min
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...
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Ilinca Stroe
- Dec 19, 2017
- 3 min
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...
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Veronica Negru
- Sep 7, 2017
- 1 min
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...
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Veronica Negru
- Aug 7, 2017
- 1 min
Romanian Intensive Courses
Study Romanian invites you to attend our open intensive summer courses, that are divided into 2 activity modules: Conversation Grammar...
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Ilinca Stroe
- Jul 17, 2017
- 3 min
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...
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Veronica Negru
- Jun 20, 2017
- 1 min
Romanian Intensive Courses
Study Romanian invites you to attend our open intensive summer courses, that are divided into 2 activity modules: Conversation Grammar...
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Carmen Raris
- Jun 15, 2017
- 2 min
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...
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Enida Cincora
- Jun 12, 2017
- 5 min
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...
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