Alexandra Botez Romanian Interview

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From Google translate: Alexandra Botez, compared to the character Beth from Queen’s Gambit. The confessions of the Romanian champion from the USA Alexandra Botez is compared by journalists to the character Beth from Queen’s Gambit, and the champion with Romanian origins from the United States says that her roots helped her win chess competitions. From the USA, via Skype, Alexandra Botez told in the show "Interviews of Vitalie", broadcast exclusively on www.stirileprotv.ro and on the Facebook page of Pro TV News, how she started chess at the age of six, following a bet her parents made. Alexandra grew up in Canada and the United States, and at least in Canada she lived in the middle of a Romanian community, and all her friends are emigrants. For this reason, she has not experienced stereotypes or discrimination based on her origin, of which she is very proud, she says. Vitalie Cojocari: Why were you compared to the heroine of "Quenn's Gambit"? Alexandra Botez: “I've been playing chess since I was six years old and I've made a lot of videos on youtube and Twitch, and when you look for chess and see who plays chess, you find me, and I think that's why everyone wants to talk with me. The character Beth Harmon, brings a lot with me when I was younger and I participated in many competitions, the film is the most real about everything that happens in this show " Vitalie: Your parents left Romania, what is your family's story? Alexandra Botez: “My parents live in the States and they moved in the same year I was born in the USA, when I stayed in Canada I lived in a community of many Romanians, who also moved from Romania and many have even gone back now. " Vitalie: How did you manage to keep your Romanian language so well? Alexandra Botez: “I have only been to Romania twice, but all my best friends speak Romanian, and my parents and grandparents, and I have practiced more, but often I do not talk about more complicated things in Romanian or I do so, a little Romanian with English, when I forget another word ” Vitalie: Why did you start playing chess at the age of 6? Alexandra Botez: “Whenever someone in the States asks me why I play chess, I explain to them that in Romania there is a chess culture that is much richer than in the States or in Canada, in Canada and in the States everyone says that chess players are geeks, but in Romania my grandparents both played, so my grandmother taught my father and my father taught me when I was six, and my father is very competitive, and he made a bet with my mother and said I would learn it, and in two weeks if he beats you, he will continue to train in chess. And then I beat my mother, who didn't know how to play, but my father made fun of me, and then I went on and won the national team when I was eight and I've played so far. I won in the girls, 10 years and younger, in Canada, the first place, in my first tournament. ” Vitalie: And the fact that you have Romanian roots, do you think it helped you? Alexandra Botez: "Most Canadians who played chess were either from Europe, Romania, Ukraine, Russia or China, so there weren't that many Canadians born in Canada for many generations, so I think it's something with a different culture." Vitalie: I want you to tell me what you find in Queen’s Gambit and you think it looks like you ... Alexandra Botez: “I saw that she was obsessed with playing chess and she brought it with me when I was in high school and I was studying for nationals and my mother argued with me and told me that I had to be more social, to play with friends, but I was like that. so focused on chess that I couldn't see anything else, and when I saw so many similarities, I really saw myself in it. ” Vitalie: Did you face stereotypes when people found out you were from Romania? Alexandra Botez: “Honestly, I think the world is very interested, my friends, where everyone comes from, because we have a lot of friends who come from another country, so I think the world likes to find someone who is from another country. In the society in which I grew up there were so many immigrants, many Romanians, so I had no such experience. ”

[@victorsilvapacheco9630]

Thanks a lot

[@Finnec123]

Thanks, that was interesting!

[@christian2M]

Finally I think that she speak a decent romanian language. Yes, there are some mistakes, but it is ok for a language that she did not at all study at school, she was born in USA.. Obviously she understand perfect romanian.

[@vatravlahilor492]

"Decent" she speaks great lol any foreign language you speak at the level Alexandra speaks romanian is excellent

[@MobileAura]

@@vatravlahilor492 🤣 In Romania her “Romanian” is choppy at best. I got laughed at for this all the time when I visited, and hers is even worse than mine.

[@mihaimaracine5373]

Compared to how I speak English (Sunt din Romania ) I don t think she speaks it well but she didn’t study it at all so it’s rather impressive

[@mihaimaracine5373]

And she has an Moldovan accent

[@christian2M]

@@mihaimaracine5373 You are right. But she obviously understand romanian language at native romanian speaker.

[@nic12344]

She's very fluent in Romanglish! I mean, she dosen't hesitate and uses English words instantly when she doesn't know the Romanian equivalent!

[@deridivisstar884]

As a spanish speaker, Romanian feels strangely familiar. ((I know it's a romance language.) Its really weird because it can sound like all 5 romance languages all at once. Well not really like French, but it definitely sounds like italian, spanish, and portuguese all mashed together.

[@jmac5009]

I'm learning Spanish and work with mostly Spanish speakers and I can definitely hear some similarities. Both Romanian and Spanish developed from Latin but you can hear a more Eastern influence in Romanian

[@holamoco]

I speak spanish, but to me the accent is very similar to portuguese. Also similar how they pronounce words.

[@Tyrant175]

@@holamoco You’re right. Romanian and Portuguese both have the “vulgar” type of Latin at the base. Most probably the reason why Portuguese sounds the most appealing of all Romance languages to me, being Romanian.

[@jayjayrumpzzz1785]

I’m Romanian-American and the first time I heard Italian I thought it sounded like Romanian and Spanish combined. They’re all quite similar

[@romaniamemes9829]

because all romance languages comes from romanian, only Vatican knows this

[@pedrosousa5969]

I learnt two words while attending a Romanian marriage in Portugal yesterday - Dumnezeu (god) and dragostea (love). Both the language and the people are very sweet.

[@nicosoftnt]

She speaks Romanglish foarte bine!

[@echefdechef2621]

actually she doesnt . She has a very strong english accent and she doesnt conjugate verbs properly.

[@nicosoftnt]

​@@echefdechef2621 Hmm, I see... Well, Romanglish is very accurate then. You should hear my Romanian accent, it's terrible, I have a Spanish accent in both Romanian and English, however I am trying my best to get rid of it, first in English and then improve my Romanian in the future. If I repeat an English sentence 5 times, slowly and carefully, you would probably not notice anything strange, it's a bit frustrating but I am not giving up.

[@echefdechef2621]

@@nicosoftnt romanian being a latin based language its way better to have a spanish accent than an english one . I dont mind how Botez sounds when she speak romanian, she speaks okay and i understand what shes saying. What im trying to say is that she sounds very american and she does grammar mistakes when she speaks .Thats not a problem, because romanian its not her mother tongue language , english is ,so its understandable if she does mistakes .

[@CoDMunichTV]

@@echefdechef2621 actually who gives a shit you can understand her so she speaks it foarte bine!

[@fluffpuff5697]

@@echefdechef2621 *american accent

[@anitastefy]

Bravo pt felul in care vorbesti limba romana esti de apreciat... unii romanasi plecati de 3 luni prin UE nu mai stiu sa vorbeasca limba... un exemplu graitor pt toti figurantii care uita limba

[@adriangolesteanu1064]

Felicitări , Alexandra ! Și frumoasă și deșteaptă !

[@Haldinyar]

Haha hilarious, my Romanian is the same as hers, super Americanized now :(. Now I know what I sound like.

[@veneps7862]

Its enough time to improve😁

[@TudorX99]

how u got the green card man?

[@TudorX99]

@Its Shünmi ah... shit XD ok thx

[@IkilledColMustard]

Mine too, my cousins laugh at my Romanian when we Skype/zoom, lol.

[@gioprox5207]

I know right? My romanian is a mess tbh cause i mix in spanish too as well as english

[@cristian302002]

Și frumoasă și deșteaptă.Felicitări !

[@mitrut11]

frumos interviul, este emotionant sa simti pasiunea unui om si sinceritatea cu care o arata.

[@juhannusruusu]

bravo lor... sunt realizate, amandoua. parintii lor au stiut ce sa faca, bag mana in foc ca daca ele se nasteau aici in RO, nu aveau nici macar un sfert din succesul pe care il au acum (ma refer in special la Alex... stie sa vorbeasca mandarina, a fost la Universitatea Stanford si alte realizari pe care nu le stiu, dar mai sunt) si nu o dau cu hate, dar e adevarul, oricine poate confirma, plus ca engleza lor e perfecta (duh, din moment ce s-au in US) si totusi respect faptul ca stiu si limba romana... that's a nice touch (: parinti de nota 10, s-au implicat atat de mult in educatia lor incat fiica lor mai mare a ajuns sa fie campioana la sah!

[@carron979]

3:06 "facea mishto". Wow! Alexandra, you definitely master the Romanian language

[@IXLDGOLD]

ce?

[@PopescuSorin]

@@IXLDGOLD cum?

[@marius40838]

You do realise she lived most of her life in USA?

[@pokemonovice9758]

@@marius40838 Do you realize she was born, raised, and lived all of her life, in a Romanian household???

[@marius40838]

@@pokemonovice9758 She lived in Canada and USA and has spoken english for the last few years you do realize that ? some people..

[@gdeamonlord]

Respect pentru ea prin ce face si cum ne reprezinta, chiar daca poate indirect

[@Andrei-Marian]

Din frânturile de conversație in română pe care le au surorile pe KZbin bănuiam că nu vorbește perfect, dar a fost foarte bine. A fost un interviu totuși, poate primul in română pentru o televiziune cu audiență mare, cred că au intervenit și ceva emoții. Îmi place atitudinea tipic neaoșă a multora...

[@qwertyuiop6006]

Ah yes Romanian a language i can totally speak.Thanks youtube recommendations definitely what i was looking for

[@georgianapopescu1333]

Hehe... never too late to learn it 😅🤪

[@kingpetra6886]

It's all Greek to me.

[@johnnymac4997]

her and her sis and pals are doing wonders for lifting the image of chess out of the boring myth

[@Rayhuntter]

it's not a myth. chess is boring. the sisters are hot and they are lifting their own image.

[@Exodius3]

@@RayhuntterChess isnt boring at all! And it is surely partly bcs they are pretty, thats for sure, but they both are very funny and produce cool videos etc. Just reducing them to their looks is just very stupid

[@GNU_Linux_for_good]

I don't understand a single word - but hell: *I like it*

[@hasanelias8878]

It's nice to see Alexandra speaking Romanian, the language of her ancestors. Romanian is a Romance language like Italian, Spanish, French, Portuguese, and Catalan, carrying rich cultural heritage. As a native Spanish speaker, only a few words (like 10%) of this interview sound familiar to me (besides some English words used). Romanian is the language that diverged the most from Vulgar Latin. In comparison, I can understand about 70% of Portuguese.

[@inotoni6148]

My father speaks Romanian and he was able to communicate with my Catalan girlfriend's father. Catalan is more similar to Romanian than Spanish. Many say the opposite, that Romanian is the closest language to Latin.

[@teddy98100]

Actually not, romanian if we compare it grammatically to latin it's the most similar to it, preserving the neuter gender and the cases and also the article at the end of the word. When it comes to vocabulary, yes, Romanian has a lot of other influences but for almost any word of another origin there are synonyms. If we strip romanian of the words of other origins, diacritics and the case system it sounds and feels almost like a dialect of italian, the language which it is the closest to it (if we exclude other balkan romance languages like aromanian etc.). The reason why you do not understand romanian as well is the same reason why you do not understand latin (the case system), and also like I said the diacritics and the words of other origins.

[@shadowxlink123]

My mother is from Romania and my father is from Mexico. I can understand everything

[@PopescuSorin]

nice, you probably know both romanian and spanish

[@5ilvergun]

Hehe. Ce tare! Bravo!

[@musical_lolu4811]

Typical anglocentric comment section. All of a sudden everyone becomes a language expert.

[@shyexe1749]

Foarte draguta fata asta.

[@Show4Snow]

Wait until you see her sister 🤣🤣😂😂 jk ! they're both gorgeous !

[@cadeirudo3231]

as a brazilian I can get some of the words in each sentence, like similitude (romenian) = similar (brazilian portuguese). probabil = provável. personai = pessoas. artist talent = artista talentosa. it is so good to know that a so far country has some similar words and even the pronunciation is not weird for us. greetings to romenia and all romenians, from BR!

[@Mos_Ion_Roata]

Romanian language is a latin descendent language just like french, portugese, italian or spanish so it's more like, we are glad spanish and portugese made it so far in the world:p

[@MrSupernova111]

As a native Spanish speaker I have a very difficult time picking up the meaning of what Alex is saying. But even though I never studied Portuguese I can understand a lot of words without trying.

[@MrSupernova111]

@@Mos_Ion_Roata . It might come as a surprise to you but people who speak Latin languages are aware of the other Latin languages.

[@superdannny]

i’m Mexican, & from what I’ve seen so far, I think Romania has the prettiest girls out there

[@pokemonovice9758]

By far

[@musical_lolu4811]

Yeah, of you've never seen chics in some Asian nations.

[@Fred92]

@@musical_lolu4811 That has to be a joke :))

[@durnel2001]

Lol her English accent is really funny

[@jordanevans1266]

That's American accent

[@dmolmalowski]

@@jordanevans1266 Canadian?

[@DrakeDHDerr]

@@dmolmalowskiDifferentiate a Seattle accent from a Vancouver accent and tell me which one is from Canada. I bet you can’t because they are 99% similar. To keeps things neutral, you can say a North American accent 🤷

[@adrianneagu.]

Felicitari pentru interviu si pentru invitata. Romanii din afara ne regasim in gandirea si spusele Alexandrei . Ea si Andreea sunt foarte bune la sah, si vreau sa felicit parintii si bunicii pentru ca le-a invatat sportul mintii .

[@Jj-ty7qh]

This sounds like a mix of lanagiages. I hear some Portuguese, some Italian and some Spanish. What an interesting language.

[@tupak2730]

:")

[@luchiandacian8815]

It is a language similar to Spanish, Italian, French. Well, the girl mixes the language with English.

[@mimisor66]

Not a mix of those languages, just a sister language. All derived from Latin.

[@trespasser121]

@@mimisor66 If you look up words in the dictionary, a good number are indicated of having French origin, but adapted to Romanian spelling and pronunciation. Makes sense because in the 19th century it was very common for wealthy Romanians to go for university studies in France (fewer would go for higher studies in Italy). Just as today we see many tech words being adapted from English. About 40% of the language is based on old Latin.

[@MrSupernova111]

Clean your ears. I'm a native Spanish speaker and I know a good amount of Italian enough to hold small conversations. Portuguese I can understand even though I never studied it. Romanian is its own language and to me sounds nothing like the others.

[@andreitdx9825]

Ciudat e faptul ca o ascult in engleza si am impresia ca vorbește in romana :)). Strange that when i listen to her speaking english i still think she speaks romanian :))

[@JayTronik1]

Holy phuk Alexandra, that accent is so funny. Mega Caterinca.

[@Isariu11]

It’s so weird because I’ve been watching her for years and never knew she was a fellow romanian

[@anonymususer1728]

Pe bune ? Numele ALEXANDRA BOTEZ ti se parea a fi american/canadian ?

[@rebecca_ap]

gorgeous

[@Jemapelbulgarel]

Yeah, I mean, she's even sexier when she speaks Romanian... These chess girls are all stunning, to me...

[@MrSupernova111]

Wow! Alex sounds very fluent in Romanian! I wonder if Andrea is also fluent.

[@RamonaOnut-ew2qh]

Andrea îs not that fluent

[@teox5951]

The girl version of TJ Miles

[@AyubuKK]

Is Romanian a direct descendent of Latin. It kinda sounds like Latin to me.

[@falox5136]

yes, with many other language influences

[@AyubuKK]

@@falox5136 Wow!

[@Wallet_Warlord]

Yes Romanian is a descendant of Latin such as French, Italian, Spanish and Portuguese. As to why they all so sound similar to each other

[@НиколаМиладиновић]

@@Wallet_Warlord and a little bit of Slavic as well people don't notice that.

[@Wallet_Warlord]

@@НиколаМиладиновић Many people think its sounds Slavic because it's located in Eastern Europe, but it actually isn't. Language is Latin and the country is Balkan

[@eriktoth1137]

Noooo way,I heard anna cramling speaking spanish and swedish,heard magnus speak norweigan,levy speaking russian,and her speaking Romanian?

[@henrikhansen1716]

alexandra also speak French and mandarin

[@dsadsasdaa5908]

Foreigners , how does romanian sound to you? Even if she doesnt speak it perfectly , she got a bit of a romanian accent.

[@Nnaky]

It wierd, as a romanian who speak English very well, i can hear the romanian accent in her english, but i can see the american accent in her romanian

[@dsadsasdaa5908]

@@Nnaky sunt roman ma , stiu si eu asta . Ceea ce am intrebat e cum suna romana pentru straini..

[@Nnaky]

@@dsadsasdaa5908 well, asta e akward, si numele tau nici nu e de roman=) Nici al meu nu e

[@calvin8464]

Just sounds like a foreign language to me, not much else to it

[@borpie]

I can understand it a bit. It kinda sounds like spanish (both are romance languages after all). Some words are really similar and then sounds like gibberish.

[@mihaibogdan1137]

7:10 what about magnus ?🤣🤣🤣

[@TheLeopard2A6]

magnus is God.. ))

[@flrazvan]

America is the land where a new language will arise. Probably a mix of Latin languages and English.

[@sple3ns]

Omg she Romanian?

[@raffaelebabalean5544]

Yes😌🇷🇴

[@chugzzyro5664]

tj miles female edition

[@MarianoFreyreX]

It was imposible that an american girl play chess, i was supossing that she was foreigner, that was true. wow

[@luckyducki]

what an idiotic comment lmao

[@JMJMGARCIA95]

@@luckyducki you mad bruh?

[@luckyducki]

@@JMJMGARCIA95 for what?

[@Show4Snow]

So you basically call American girls dumb ?😂😂😂 dude !

[@vojvodd]

She is American, she was born in Dallas

[@pokemonovice9758]

🤩

[@teddy98100]

Romanian if we compare it grammatically to latin it's the most similar to it, preserving the neuter gender and the cases and also the article at the end of the word. When it comes to vocabulary, yes, Romanian has a lot of other influences but for almost any word of another origin there are synonyms. If we strip romanian of the words of other origins, diacritics and the case system it sounds and feels almost like a dialect of italian, the language which it is the closest to it (if we exclude other balkan romance languages like aromanian etc.). The reason why you do not understand romanian as well (as another romance language speaker) is the same reason why you do not understand latin (the case system), and also like I said the diacritics and the words of other origins.

[@mvh3374]

interviewer is so amateur, almost cringe, I'm surprised he's on Romania's most popular TV channel. Alexandra however is as natural and dedicated as always, and makes it interesting to watch

[@mushudamaschin2608]

What? Why?

[@tudorboscu8275]

TJ MILES

[@RaklaMC]

sincer

[@BlackClaude21]

oo damn, tj miles feminin!!

[@ghiuleaalex2752]

Aud accent de Bacău

[@adsfwef1331]

Alexandra is the prettier sister.

[@vickistine9388]

They are both very pretty, but Alexandria is more elegant looking.

[@ubuntuposix]

Pai si pe KZbin daca arati clipul tau cuiva cu care te contrazici, atunci iti da dislike, si YT intelege ca tu n-ai clipul bun, deci nu ti-l mai afisaza / recomanda. Si uite cum apare "echo-chamber".. fiecare grup sta in bula lui..

[@jeanvaljeancozette2634]

Vine de 2 ori in Romania si vorbeste peste tot in engleza. De ce ar mai cunoaste limba? Mai ales ca nu s a nascut aici.

[@alexandrunastasia]

1:15 pe care*

[@glidingforward]

What's up with those random English words she throws in? It makes me feel like I just had a stroke and can't understand anything she says except for a few words.

[@ArranVid]

They do the same thing in Tamil, lol!

[@massimilianogabriele]

very similar to italian

[@danielstefanoiu4067]

fa te actrita ai sanse

[@דניאלמצנוב]

Romanian more similar to Italian

[@phpteacher]

e moldoveanca , noi astia din neamul lui stefan te primim cu bratele deschise

[@5daydreams]

What the hell is going on and why the heck does this sound like portuguese? I mean, obviously I can't make a lot of what's going on, but some parts are possible to fill the blanks, and I find that interesting O_o

[@LuisAPeregrina]

Romanian Is a Romance language, meaning it comes from Latin. I speak Spanish and can understand about 10%

[@radu1204]

Romanian is basically Portuguese on Slavic steroids

[@deridivisstar884]

Romanian is basically a mash of all latin based languages except french, with a little bit of german and slavic hints.

[@luchiandacian8815]

Romanian has a lot of words ftom French.

[@deridivisstar884]

@@luchiandacian8815 i dont speak french, but i know what it sounds like. Maybe i should research words that are the same as french

[@julianpm2680]

Around 440 to 5min Alex starts talking f words and women's privates and concentration and extreme. Can someone translate this bit?

[@julianpm2680]

And farted and fart...what's going on?

[@mlsterlous]

"Fac" in romanian means "i do". "She talks about things she can focus on completely. If it doesn't work, she gives up on them.".

[@victorv834]

toate bune si frumoase pana s-a inecat la sfarsit, cu prostiile alea cu social-draci. da de, spalarea pe creier merge la viteza maxima, mai ales in universitati ca stanford. ps:ar fi fost frumos sa spuna si cate femei raportat la barbati fac facultate in america. parca era 70%-30%. aici nu a fost invatata la facultatea stanford sa vorbeasca despre egalitate, ca trebuie mai multi barbati sa faca facultate???

[@robertt8822]

Toate bune si frumoase pana a zis ceva cu care nu esti de acord saracu de tine😭😭😭

[@OGRE_HATES_NERDS]

why dont they just talk normal

[@majora231]

what do you mean ? It is romanian media

[@OGRE_HATES_NERDS]

@@majora231 so annoying

[@majora231]

@@OGRE_HATES_NERDS What do you mean ?

[@OGRE_HATES_NERDS]

@@majora231 i like when people talk like me instead

[@adrianzealot1716]

@@OGRE_HATES_NERDS mor

[@valeria-militiamessalina5672]

Not wanting to sound mean but the father comes across as awful. Taking her to the park to play against unwitting older players, not letting them know to be prepared as she is an exceptionally good player, just so he can take pleasure in their defeat, what Romanians would call “perfidie camuflată”, camouflaged deceit, it shows mental cruelty. Coupled with the expressions he apparently uses, those are very low level, low class/education verbal expressions, any Romanian would tell you that, even the interviewer remained speechless for a few moments.

[@maeton-gaming]

oh wow, a Romanian peasant? he's not a bucurestani, that's for sure ;) What did you expect?

[@valentinvali9622]

What expressions? Can you please provide a timestamp?

[@Cec1nator]

nu putem toti sa fim intelectuali varule

[@axjkhl7699]

you’re probably too intelectual to understand how jokes typically work

[@jackm.1628]

@@valentinvali9622 The only one I remember is "fai muci". Is this considered very low class in Romania?

[@greenriverviews6819]

the language sounds like those roman soldiers in "Barbarians" speaking everyday Latin