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« Reply #30 on: June 17, 2008, 06:37:45 PM » |
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« Reply #31 on: June 17, 2008, 06:38:29 PM » |
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there is a big soccer tournament going on, called euro 2008 romania lost. that's all  |
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« Reply #32 on: June 17, 2008, 07:43:09 PM » |
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Sounds neat ... I don't know much about Romania.
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« Reply #33 on: June 17, 2008, 07:57:09 PM » |
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Sounds neat ... I don't know much about Romania.
One of the more interesting things about Romania is that the Romanian language is a romance tongue (i.e. it is closely related to Italian, Spanish, and French). The area that comprises modern Romania is partly the old Roman provinces of Dacia and some other province I don't feel like looking up . I think the area was largely populated by Roman military retirees in the 2nd century. It's been said that that is where Romanian ultimatel;y derived from. I am pretty sure that modern Romanians are not the descendants of Roman settlers but it makes perfect sense that the local language would be based on Latin. I'm doing this from sheer memory so I could be a little off.  I am no expert on the Balkans. Just a history buff. |
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« Reply #34 on: June 17, 2008, 08:10:25 PM » |
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This line - Româneste este cea mai limba frumoasa - did seem vaguely recognizable in a Romance language way ... the carets and cedillas throw me off.  |
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« Reply #35 on: June 17, 2008, 08:24:49 PM » |
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This line - Româneste este cea mai limba frumoasa - did seem vaguely recognizable in a Romance language way ... the carets and cedillas throw me off. There are 4 additional characters in the alphabet that don't show up on the forum. Not sure why so I used a close equivelent. It is said that romanian is closest in comparison to latin. Due to the isolation it has had from the rest of the romance world. |
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« Reply #36 on: June 17, 2008, 08:26:14 PM » |
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This line - Româneste este cea mai limba frumoasa - did seem vaguely recognizable in a Romance language way ... the carets and cedillas throw me off. I'd say it's better than vague. Most Eastern Europeans languages look like gibberish to me. |
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« Reply #37 on: June 17, 2008, 08:30:12 PM » |
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there is a big soccer tournament going on, called euro 2008 romania lost. that's all » Oh okay. I was aware of that. I didn't know they lost. Sounds neat ... I don't know much about Romania. » Later I'll post a nice song to listen to if you want. Mr. D, Moldova? Im not sure of the other province. But you may be right with your memory. |
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« Reply #38 on: June 17, 2008, 08:37:00 PM » |
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there is a big soccer tournament going on, called euro 2008 romania lost. that's all » Oh okay. I was aware of that. I didn't know they lost. Sounds neat ... I don't know much about Romania. » Later I'll post a nice song to listen to if you want. Mr. D, Moldova? Im not sure of the other province. But you may be right with your memory. Moldovia and Wallachia are the two medieval kingdoms that became modern Romania. Just looked it up. Moesia superior and Moesia inferior |
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« Reply #39 on: June 17, 2008, 08:38:54 PM » |
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Plus Transylvania had a lot of ethnic Romanians but it was part of the Hungarian realm during the Middle Ages.
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« Reply #40 on: June 17, 2008, 08:39:18 PM » |
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Moesia superior was the way better of the two. No comparison.  |
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« Reply #41 on: June 17, 2008, 09:35:53 PM » |
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Thats interesting. I'll have to read up on it. Thanks for posting mr. D'
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« Reply #42 on: June 17, 2008, 09:36:47 PM » |
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Thats interesting. I'll have to read up on it. Thanks for posting mr. D'
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« Reply #44 on: June 18, 2008, 10:52:25 AM » |
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Very pretty song. Listening to it, it reminds me of Portuguese for reason. |
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