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    Romanians do it

    Can't wait for Romanians to start working here. Imagine a Romanian worker being told to do something: he'd probably reply "I do" which in Romanian is "fac eu"....

    #2
    Wow expat I see that you are so interested in learning the Romanian language. Super news pal, maybe I can give you some lessons in private...
    As a first light lesson, take for example the similarities between English and Romanian, such as "stupid" which has the same meaning in both languages. By comparative linguistic analysis we can conclude that this immortal attribute of the human being remains the same no matter your "fuk eu" status...
    On a slightly more complicated approach, I can give you some basic limericks around your already known words. So your "fac eu" example should be expanded towards the more comprehensive "vreau eu" which stands for "I wish". Take into account that in Romanian many words are spelled in reverse, for example EU for European Union is in fact UE in Romanian, as in "Uniunea Europeana". So our words become "vreau ue"; but we have two vocals in between, so in slang we should say "vreau (m)ue" as the Romanian translation for "I wish". Please apply this very first lesson next time when you met a Romanian.

    Your friend,

    The Romanian Viktor
    The rest is silence...

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      #3
      Originally posted by expat
      reply "I do" which in Romanian is "fac eu"....
      Do you have a problem with her saying it?

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        #4
        Originally posted by Viktor
        [...]

        Your friend,

        The Romanian Viktor
        It's quite amazing also how similar romanian is to italian. Many romanians learn italian in days, and most of them they speak like a native speaker in matter of months. For an italian to speak romanian is more difficult mainly for the structure of the pronounciation. However, even without any knowledge I can still read and get the basic meaning of a paragraph.
        I've seen much of the rest of the world. It is brutal and cruel and dark, Rome is the light.

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          #5
          Originally posted by Francko
          It's quite amazing also how similar romanian is to italian. Many romanians learn italian in days
          Si, amico mio...I've noticed this when I went to Rome last year, four days and I was half Italian

          Bella Italia remains my favourite country, I wonder sometimes why I live now in a country which is quite the opposite...

          Vittorio...
          The rest is silence...

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            #6
            Originally posted by Viktor
            Si, amico mio...I've noticed this when I went to Rome last year, four days and I was half Italian

            Bella Italia remains my favourite country, I wonder sometimes why I live now in a country which is quite the opposite...

            Vittorio...
            The last time I heard the Ports & Airports were still open, so get yourself down to Heathrow & fek off to wherever it is you'll feel more comfortable

            HTH
            How fortunate for governments that the people they administer don't think

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              #7
              Originally posted by Troll
              The last time I heard the Ports & Airports were still open, so get yourself down to Heathrow & fek off to wherever it is you'll feel more comfortable

              HTH
              *applause*
              Serving religion with the contempt it deserves...

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                #8
                Originally posted by Troll
                The last time I heard the Ports & Airports were still open, so get yourself down to Heathrow & fek off to wherever it is you'll feel more comfortable

                HTH
                Monkey and Troll. Some knowledge of the facts doesn't necessarily hurt sometimes:

                http://www.guardian.co.uk/immigratio...933726,00.html
                I've seen much of the rest of the world. It is brutal and cruel and dark, Rome is the light.

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                  #9
                  Originally posted by Troll
                  The last time I heard the Ports & Airports were still open, so get yourself down to Heathrow & fek off to wherever it is you'll feel more comfortable

                  HTH
                  So why is it that year after year so many Brits go to Heathrow & fek off to wherever they feel more comfortable?
                  The rest is silence...

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                    #10
                    Originally posted by Viktor
                    So why is it that year after year so many Brits go to Heathrow & fek off to wherever they feel more comfortable?
                    Perhaps they prefer living somewhere where they speak a language they understand . . . .


                    Like French or Italian ......
                    Life is just nature's way of keeping meat fresh

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