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I can only answer one of your questions: in general Romanians are very good at learning Spanish, like most people from Eastern European countries.
I cannot tell you if they are gypsies, but I know that there is quite a negative attitude towards them in Spain (some people equate Romanian to criminal).
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I sensed that there was that connotation in Spain from reading newspapers. Knowing Spanish culture has a love/hate relationship
with gypsies, I thought that rumano may be used a euphemism for gypsy in certain cases. Poli |
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El rumano tiene raíces latinas y eslavas al cincuenta por ciento. Muchas palabras aisladas se entienden, pero nada en conjunto. Muchos de los rumanos que migran a otros países de Europa son romanís. Lamentablemente, la inmigración rumana a Europa está dejando a su país falto de mano de obra. Ahora tratan de recuperar a la gente que se ha marchado. Oigo en el metro músicos rumanos, pero tienen poco que ver con el flamenco o con la fusión, por no decir nada.
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Hey there. I am Romanian. The Romanian language is very similar to spanish and to italian. The pronunciation is very similar and so is the speaking. I've been taking spanish for 5 years now and I love the language. I have heard italians talk before and I could understand tiny bits.
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About an hour before stumbling upon this thread, I saw an article that is related to the discussion: http://www.euractiv.com/en/culture/m...article-188816
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Last edited by Rusty; March 10, 2010 at 02:55 PM. Reason: fixed quotation |
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There are lots of Romanians in Madrid, some are very nice, and some are gypsies begging and living in different shanty towns harrassing you on the train , or under bridges. the language is difficult, I learnt Romanian last year but I had to quit out of time.
Romanian has declensions, and they have a 3rd gender that is a mix of F and M, the definite article goes after the noun and the possessives and demonstratives are a nightmare, for the rest is OK. I guess is a question of time and dedication, but For me that I speak Italian, French and I´m learning Catalan now, the most difficult by far is Romanian. I only find easy the pronunciation as sb pointed out before. I don´t think they learn Spanish that well and that fast, they speak well after 3 or 4years but that is normal for anybody living surrounded by the target language. It´s true that for obvious reasons they learn faster than Moroccans but imperfectly. Practice makes perfect. Last edited by AngelicaDeAlquezar; March 10, 2010 at 07:52 AM. Reason: Robin, please edit your last post if you forgot to add something |
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