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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 5, 20182 min read
Moş Nicolae, the saintly “culprit” for surprises in your boots
It’s winter. Unless you are the victim of Ionel, a spoilt brat who poured jam into his mother’s guest’s boots (in satirist Ion Luca...
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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
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 4, 20183 min read
Dead Funny Up North: Săpânţa’s Unique Cemetery
It probably takes comedian Hugh Laurie’s straight face to be able to announce serenely, “This lovely summer we warmly recommend that you...
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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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Veronica Negru
May 3, 20182 min read
1,000 Reasons Why Cats Are Better than Dogs
I am not the first and will definitely not be the last to add another Dogs vs. Cats article in this never-ending debate. I will, however,...
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Ilinca Stroe
Apr 26, 20183 min read
Today’s a Little Time Machine: What Romania Makes of Its Communist Past
Weekend holidaymakers and locals strolling on Bucharest’s Calea Victoriei on 1 April 2018 experienced the thrill of losing their way...
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Ilinca Stroe
Apr 19, 20182 min read
One Word at a Time: „Dor”
Sensibilities have changed significantly among Romanians in the last few decades: for example, the music of the late ‘80s/early ‘90s,...
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Ilinca Stroe
Mar 1, 20182 min read
Breaking News: Mărţişor Declares a State of Spring
There was once a Roman offspring On Momma Dochia’s braided string. Handsome and news-some, Stuck to the ladies’ bosom, Love, luck and...
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Veronica Negru
Dec 23, 20171 min read
Santa Claus is coming to town
Do you ever miss those cold winter mornings when the whole house smells of sweet bread (cozonac) and your friends call you to go out...
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Ilinca Stroe
Dec 19, 20173 min read
Sarmale and Friends: a Christmas Special
A few years ago around Christmas, a Romanian-American acquaintance I was supposed to meet for a chat and coffee phoned to put off our...
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Veronica Negru
Nov 28, 20172 min read
Hello winter – it`s good to have you back
Winter may be cold but there are so many ways to make it pleasant: a good book in front of the fireplace, snow, Christmas, New Year and...
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Oana Barbu
Oct 10, 20174 min read
From the People’s House to the Palace of the Parliament
It is said that controversial people bring about controversial histories. And controversial histories give birth to equally controversial...
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Iulia Andreescu
Aug 31, 20175 min read
Marie - the Queen of Romania
One of the most prominent and loved feminine characters in the history of Romania is Queen Marie (Regina Maria). With a strong...
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Ilinca Stroe
Jul 17, 20173 min read
Romanian Verbal Mannerisms - Why Do We Say “Nu e ca şi cum…”?
This light-hearted yet quite pragmatic series of posts focuses on verbal mannerisms in contemporary Romanian to give you a hint of where...
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Oana Barbu
Jul 3, 20172 min read
IA - The Romanian Blouse (A synthesis of tradition and modernity)
For a long time, tradition and modernity were perceived as two opposite concepts. Until recently, tradition was seen as an obstacle to...
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Diana Nechifor
Jun 22, 20172 min read
The Sânziene night
Sânziene - the word designates an annual festival held in honor of the fairies. Etymologically, the name comes from the Latin Sancta, Diana,
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