Romania has always been a unique country, starting with the fact that, even though surrounded by Slavic countries, people here speak a Romance language, quite similar to French or Portuguese. In addition, there are so many other peculiar yet fascinating aspects of Romania and its culture, that make this country worth a long visit if …
Italians’ love of life is legendary. You can feel it by tasting their amazing food, listening to their music, and, most importantly, by listening to their beautiful and expressive language, always supported by the world’s most famous body language. Today’s blog entry tackles the way Italians see love, by having a look at the language …
Dicționarul de expresii în limba engleză (sau altă limbă studiată) este un ghid foarte util pentru studiul limbii. Expresiile englezești sunt prezentate în ordine alfabetică, împreună cu traducerea lor în română. Unele au ediție bilingvă și au, în a doua jumătate a cărții, expresii românești (în ordine alfabetică) și traducerea lor în engleză. Unele expresii …
Etymology traces the origin of words. It is a fascinating field of linguistics, which can assist in the comprehension of language. Some people are passionate about it, and there is even a word for a “lover of words” (logophile). Martin Heidegger (a 20th-century German philosopher) was one. He considered etymology a very important field, a …
There is a profound concept in Japanese, and its Kanji reveals valuable connotations for us learners. “Passion” (nesshin) is written in Kanji as 熱心.This word means zeal, enthusiasm, fervour, ardour, openness and availability, determination (in the sense of being firm), and seriousness. All of these mental attitudes surface easily when we are passionate about a …
Limba portugheză este pe locul 6 în topul celor mai vorbite limbi din lume, fiind folosită în 9 țări din diferite continente (Portugalia și insulele portugheze Madeira și Azore, Brazilia, Mozambic, Angola, Guineea-Bissau, Timorul de Est, Guineea Ecuatorială, Republica Capului Verde, Republica Democrată São Tomé și Príncipe). În plus, este limba oficială în Macao. Portugheză …
The switch from brick and mortar classrooms to online instruction has proved a challenge for teachers, students and parents as well. On one hand, the teachers faced a situation they have never prepared for: having to adjust almost overnight to a system that has a totally different set of rules than face-to-face teaching, an overwhelming …
There are many hilarious expressions in Romanian that make little sense when translated literally. And some of them are hard to translate. So here are a few of them. For instance, “i-a picat fața” (her/his face has fallen off). When something is surprising or shocking, that situation could be, at the very most, jaw-dropping. “Face-dropping” …
Japonezii marchează trecerea anotimpurilor prin folosirea altor culori și obiecte. De asemenea, felurile de mâncare se schimbă mult în fiecare anotimp. Chiar și în poeziile lor scurte, haiku, trebuie să apară și un cuvânt care se referă la anotimp (kigo, „cuvânt de sezon”). Toamna este „un anotimp pentru apetit mare”, spune un proverb japonez. Mâncărurile …
Romania is surrounded by Slavic-speaking countries. Yet, Romanian is a Romance language, similar to Italian, Spanish, French and Portuguese. Slavic roots represent only about 10% of the vocabulary. Other influences in the language come from Turkish, German and Bulgarian. Romanian is spoken in the Republic of Moldova, too. That is because the Moldovan territory (Bessarabia …
