Surrounding yourself with Romanian words and sounds and music will be the very best way to learn, trust us. We are looking into Romanian immersion courses abroad at the moment, and will soon be able to recommend one or two. Until then, feel free to do your best to immerse yourself where you live, using the following suggestions… for example, use a dictionary to print words like “table”, "door", "window", "kettle", "bed", "chair", "mirror" etc and stick them onto those items around the house. Over time these words will automatically become part of your vocabulary, without even trying to memorize them! You could also in time join some verbs, like eat, open/close, wash, boil, sleep, sit, look, etc so as to associate them with the objects. Try it!
Internet freebies: Immerse yourself right away by...
~Listening to the radio abit each day and tune in your ears!
~Looking up the weather each day! This site is great because it doesn’t just show the weather in pictures, but in words too, with a daily, everchanging, forecast.
~Using www.Google.ro instead of Google in English… and choose the “pagini din România” search option so that the majority of search results will be in Romanian... OR use Google’s translation tools to turn English pages that you’re familiar with into Romanian, and get to know the word equivalents that way.
~Listening to Romanian music and look for the lyrics to your favorite songs! For example:
Here is a song sung by Andra called Vis de Iarna and you'll find the lyrics in this little drop down box.
A nins... sau nu... acasa, pe la noi
Eu stiu ce mult ma asteptati si voi
As vrea sa stam la gura sobei iar
Sa-mi dati un vis si-o poveste-n dar
In buzunar cadoul vi-l pastrez
Cand voi veni sub brad sa vi-l asez
Si parca simt parfum de cozonaci
Va vad zambind langa toti cei dragi
Si visez acasa sa ajung
Dar pan` la noi drumul este lung
Si stau in tren si imi imaginez
Ca sunt cu voi si visez, visez..
Si va colind, si va colind in gand
Cu orice pas tot mai aproape sunt
Mai e putin si-n brate-am sa va strang
Voi sunteti tot ce-am mai bun, mai sfant
Si visez acasa sa ajung
Dar pan` la noi drumul este lung
Si stau in tren si imi imaginez
Ca sunt cu voi si visez, visez..
Si va colind si va colind in gand
Cu orice pas tot mai aproape sunt
Mai e putin si-n barate-am sa va strang
Voi sunteti tot ce-am mai bun, mai sfant
Voi sunteti tot ce-am mai bun, maï sfant
Help Others Live & Learn Romanian
Have you had the experience of learning this language? If so we'd love to hear which Romanian immersion courses may have or may not have helped you along the way. Experiences, good or bad, are appreciated!
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