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An Restaurant Tycoon 3 translator called Analizin translated Food Citric as Citric Culinar

Is he right?

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Lioară, lioară,
Flori de primăvară
Haideți și-om culege,
Mândrele-om alege.

Treci peste vale
La o casă mare
Cu ușa spre soare

Unde-i șezătoare.
Liorați, feciori,
Și culegeți flori,
Flori fetei alese
Cu sprâncene dese.

I got the literal translation (I don’t speak Romanian btw), but what does she mean by cu sprâncene dese? Thick eyebrows? Does that literally mean what it means or is there an expression/saying in Romanian that uses those words, but it actually describes something specific?

Also, do you know this song/have you ever heard of it?

De mult îmi doream să existe un joc de cuvinte zilnic în română, gen Wordle sau Spelling Bee, dar în română și cu cuvinte românești reale.

N-am găsit, așa că l-am făcut eu: cuvantar.ro

Dacă aveți 5 minute și vă plac jocurile de cuvinte, aș fi curios ce părere aveți.

There is this romanian guy that I have a crush on and I wanted to learn the language to surprise him. I don't really know where to start. Any tips and tricks you guys have to share with me?

Dear fellow Romanian learners and Romanians, could you please share materials for learning Romanian structurally, like A1.1 booklets, A1.2 and so on, up to B1.2?

I am for a while in Romania, but only starting my journey studying the language more seriously. My goal is to get to B1.2 and pass B1 exam until Autumn 2027.

If you have official ICR/ILR materials to share, that would help a lot!

Untortunately ICR orginizes only 3 classes per year and I cannot go through 6 modules (A1.1 -> B1.2) in this short period. My goal is to go through all A modules at least myself considering I am here for years and have sense of Romanian “in my ear”, and then officially take B1.1 and B1.2 classes at ICR.

All help appreciated! Mulțumesc frumos!

So, I was brought up speaking romaninan as a child and have been trying to test my hand at poetry in romanian and would like y'alls input on this poem I wrote in romanian to see how it flows and y'alls opinion on my writings. Having said that all criticism is welcomed. Thank you for oyu time and without further ado her it is: What about this in its entirety?

Am scolat odată,

Am ridicat en un sudoare rece.

N-am simpțit la fel,

Adică sufletul meu

A uitat, en ce corp eu sunt?

Audă fără sens.

Am stat cuminte.

Când mama mă rugat,

Dar când am fost și singur,

Nici minta Mea; m-a iubit

Deja eu am gândit,

Și emoții mei a vorbit

Dacă eu nu mă iubesc?

Cine afara de mine,

Sa mă iubește în jurul meu?

Mirare mea a infectat cunoștință mea

N-am fost bolnav,

Dar când m-am văzut;

Inima mi-a înghețat

Am vizionat un focul teribil.

Un fluviu de ura mă acoperit.

Cu flăcări, ascuțit cam stridente de copii mici.

Urechi mei a rănit cam clopotele;

Am mers inapoi la culcare.

Not sure if this is the right community to post this, but I need some advice on Romanian terms of endearment for children.

For context, I'm drafting a story and there is a father-figure with a Romanian background who I want to show as very warm and loving towards his adoptive children. I've seen many websites or posts use nicknames like puiu and pici, but was hoping for ones more unique. All the terms I've seen are very light and loving, but a couple of this man's children are rambunctious and quite frankly a pain in his ass at first. One in particular was very distrusting of him at first and would lash out, so thought perhaps to compare him to a stray cat or because he has very fair features, something to do with a winter storm? It would give off the same affection as calling a toddler a "little tornado" cause they always leave a room a mess of toys after playing.

If these ideas are too out there for terms of endearment, let me know! I rather stick to words or phrases that are more authentic than try to stretch too far.

Also, one of the characters is names Christopher. Just curious is there is a diminutive for this name? I'm not familiar with the grammar of the language. Would Cristinel, Cristi, or Cristiță work? Is there a difference between the suffixes?

"asistentă Maria, a fost o plăcere să te cunosc"

if you were nurse Maria, would you understand what I'm trying to say?

I'm trying to say "glad to have met you"

if this the wrong sub, please let me know where I can ask this.

thank you so much in advance

As the title says, I'm a heritage speaker and was never formally taught Romanian. I can speak it pretty well (albeit with mistakes, but my family says it's very understandable), my listening comprehension is solid, and I can figure out what a text says with some concentration, but I have absolutely no knowledge when it comes to grammar and writing. I would appreciate any advice/tips on what I can start doing to improve. Thank you!