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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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Ilinca Stroe
Aug 29, 20183 min read
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, 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...
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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...
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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,...
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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...
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Ilinca Stroe
Jun 27, 201814 min read
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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Ilinca Stroe
Jun 20, 201811 min read
Romania’s Treasures: the Scientists
Scientists tend to be eccentric figures. Especially in popularisation articles like this one. Some Romanian scientists over the last two...
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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...
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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...
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Ilinca Stroe
Jun 6, 20186 min read
Romania’s Treasures: the Inventors
What have Romanians been up to, innovation-wise, over the last two centuries? In no particular order but some for-fun categorisation, let...
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Ilinca Stroe
May 21, 20183 min read
More than teachers at IH: Diana, Romanian & French trainer
1. Can you sum up how you came to be a teacher of Romanian? I became a teacher in 2000. I’m not sure that’s what I wanted to be...
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