Why are learning Romanian phrases important?
When you arrive in Romania, it is worth making sure you have at least a basic understanding of Romanian phrases, or you have invested in an excellent phrase book. The weird thing about the Romanians is their complete lack of ability to work out what you are trying to say if your words are slightly mispronounced. Before I came to Romania, I decided that I would master their language using language tapes – I walked up and down the street every morning, to and from work, reciting the latest Romanian phrases and Romanian words. When I got to Romania, no-one understood what I wanted. For a a few weeks this was fun as I waved my arms about and gesticulated wildly. I remember I accidentally bought an entire store of walnuts as the woman did not understand what I wanted! After this, I started to build up a huge collection of teach yourself Romanian tapes… and CDs… and books… each promising me that learning Romanian was a simple task… Still no success – then I turned to a private tutor,
