Archive for the 'Romanian Culture' Category
December 26, 2017
How to Say Happy New Year in Romanian & New Year Wishes
Learn all the Romanian New Year wishes online, in your own time, on any device! Join RomanianPod101 for a special Romanian New Year celebration!
Can you relate to the year passing something like this: “January, February, March - December!”? Many people do! Quantum physics teaches us that time is relative, and few experiences illustrate this principle as perfectly as when we reach the end of a year. To most of us, it feels like the old one has passed in the blink of an eye, while the new year lies ahead like a very long journey! However, New Year is also a time to celebrate beginnings, and to say goodbye to what has passed. This is true in every culture, no matter when New Year is celebrated.
So, how do you say Happy New Year in... Show more
December 14, 2017
How to Say ‘Merry Christmas’ in Romanian
Do you know any ways to wish someone a ‘Merry Christmas’ in Romanian? RomanianPod101 brings you easy-to-learn translations and the correct pronunciation of Romanian Christmas phrases!
Christmas is the annual commemorative festival of Christ’s birth in the Western Christian Church. It takes place on December 25th and is usually celebrated with much food and fanfare! However, not all cultures celebrate Christmas. In some countries, Christmas is not even a public holiday! However, many countries have adapted Christmas and its religious meaning to tally with their own beliefs, or simply in acknowledgment of the festival’s importance to other cultures. If you want to impress native Romanian speakers with culturally-appropriate Christmas... Show more
July 28, 2017
How to Start Thinking in Romanian
Learn 4 tools and techniques to stop translating in your head and start thinking in
Going through lessons is enough to get by and learn the basics of , but to truly become fluent you need to be able to think in . This will allow you to have conversations with ease, read smoothly, and comprehensively understand natives. To do this, you need to go beyond just completing daily or weekly lessons.
We naturally translate in our heads because it's viewed as the easiest way to learn the definitions needed when learning a language. This way of learning can actually hinder your skills and fluency later on. If your brain has to make neural connections between the word you're learning, what it means in your native tongue, and the physical object... Show more