Romanian Faces, 1960s

Romanian Faces, 1960s
Topic Started: Nov 5 2009, 08:37 PM (193 Views)
Toma	Nov 5 2009, 08:37 PM Post #1
Audio, video, disco. Posts: 3,096 Group: Members Member #140 Joined: 5-Dec 2008 Gender: Female Ancestry: European Religion: None	[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sS5wuabtG18&feature=related[/youtube]



*Crimson Guard*	Nov 5 2009, 09:10 PM Post #2
Advanced Member Posts: 5,775 Group: Moderators Member #3 Joined: 2-Apr 2008 Gender: Male Ancestry: European Religion: Catholic Politics: Far Right	Nice. Romanian sounds almost kinda Italian there.



El Caudillo	Nov 5 2009, 09:33 PM Post #3
In Another World Posts: 1,368 Group: Members Member #134 Joined: 4-Dec 2008	I thought likewise, it was something vaguely similar to how I'd heard Italian pronounced. The second song with the pastoral scenes was almost too ominous-sounding to my non-Romanian ears for such joyous scenes, but nevertheless the song appealed to me, I enjoyed it. Thanks for sharing. Edited by El Caudillo, Nov 5 2009, 09:33 PM.



*Crimson Guard*	Nov 14 2009, 05:42 AM Post #4
Advanced Member Posts: 5,775 Group: Moderators Member #3 Joined: 2-Apr 2008 Gender: Male Ancestry: European Religion: Catholic Politics: Far Right	You know in silly ass Hollywood they make Romanians out to be like Russians, and sound like them too, accent wise ect. Saw some "Law and Order" episode the other day and they had some bogus Romanians accents-- same thing in the "Van Helsing" film ect,lol. Interesting video:



Drooperdoo	Nov 18 2009, 09:28 PM Post #5
Full Member Posts: 234 Group: Members Member #121 Joined: 2-Dec 2008 Gender: Male Ancestry: European Religion: Catholic Politics: Right	I remember a couple of Romanians talking, and one said, "Che Ora E?" which (in Italian) is "What time is it?" In Italian, however, the "che" is ponounced like "ke," whereas the Romanians used the English "CH" sound. "Chay Ora Eh?" They said a few more things, which I understood with about an 80% accuracy rate. They were surprised that I understood them and asked if I was Romanian. I said, "No, I just spoke a few Romance languages and it was easy to figure out what they were saying". I then checked out a Romanian language book. I was surprised by how much Slavic influence Romanian had. They were more likely to say "da" and "nyet" than "si" and "no". lol A bizarre hybrid language.



Toma	Nov 18 2009, 09:56 PM Post #6
Audio, video, disco. Posts: 3,096 Group: Members Member #140 Joined: 5-Dec 2008 Gender: Female Ancestry: European Religion: None	^ Actually is da and nu.



Drooperdoo	Nov 21 2009, 09:09 PM Post #7
Full Member Posts: 234 Group: Members Member #121 Joined: 2-Dec 2008 Gender: Male Ancestry: European Religion: Catholic Politics: Right	Thanks, Toma. Da and Nu. Romanian is the only Romance language I know of that retains the letter U for the Latin "-us". Almost all the others turned the "-us" into an "o". Albinus became "albino"; annus became "anno," etc. It's always easy to determine a Romanian surname because of that. If you see a name like Antonescu or Ceauşescu, you know it's Romanian.



*Crimson Guard*	Yesterday, 4:21 PM Post #8
Advanced Member Posts: 5,775 Group: Moderators Member #3 Joined: 2-Apr 2008 Gender: Male Ancestry: European Religion: Catholic Politics: Far Right	The Sicilian language still retains the " u ". In fact, it is believed that Sicilian is the first Romance language descended from Vulgar Latin.



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