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, 2019
- 4 min
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, 2019
- 4 min
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, 2018
- 3 min
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, 2018
- 3 min
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 31, 2018
- 12 min
Romania’s Treasures: the Romanianists
100 years of Romania. What Romanians have done for their country this past century in areas ranging from the humanities to science and...
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Ilinca Stroe
- Oct 3, 2018
- 3 min
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, 2018
- 5 min
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, 2018
- 3 min
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, 2018
- 3 min
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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Ilinca Stroe
- Aug 29, 2018
- 3 min
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 18, 2018
- 4 min
Peaceful Weekend Getaways: Three Monasteries
Personally, I love visiting cathedrals. Integrated into the urban landscape and yet cutting out a section of it which is emotionally...
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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 27, 2018
- 14 min
Romania’s Treasures: the Film Makers
Popcorn and movies – such a match made in heaven. Don’t ask when Romanians took to popcorn just to find out when cinema appeared in this...
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