Living in Romania vs. Living in the USA (culture shocks, funny stories, Romanian food, etc.)

Living in Romania vs USA (culture shocks, funny stories, Romanian food, etc).
The truth about living in Romania as an American. American reacts to life in Romania.
A U.S. foreigner's view on living in Romania (Romanian food, culture, lifestyle, language, etc.) Living in Romania vs living in the USA.
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[@deni.han.]

That "imi pare bine" with romanian accent was wow! 100% romanian

[@andreeaflorea7184]

This is what i wanted to say. Wow. Congrats :))

[@stefanbogatu2106]

Yup! No funny accent there.

[@AndreiIR000]

I concur! I was like "what is this sorcery?!"

[@baji78]

I could even say his english is pretty good 😁

[@andreis1995]

Spot on!

[@farcasbogdan]

This guy looks like a "Gheorghe". He definitely has that "Georghe" look.

[@claudiu2186]

Mie-mi seamana ca fiind un Florin

[@farcasbogdan]

@@claudiu2186 sa stii ca si "florin" ar merge. Ai dreptate!

[@elisaandreea2310]

Seamănă cumva cu Radu pietreanu ! 😬

[@stormboss2311]

i think he looks more like a Costel

[@elisaandreea2310]

@@stormboss2311 indeed 😂

[@NickyRikki]

Yes we Romanians are direct. Lol and your friend was funny setting you up.... I am a romanian jew from Bucharest, My family left Romania 60 years ago after the war to Israel but we have never ever given up on our heritage and language.

[@astoica1]

Lol. Most jews in Israel are Romanian

[@NickyRikki]

@@astoica1 hahaha yes this is true 👍. We have a lot of Moldovan from Iasi. Mostly Ashkenazi romanian jews but my family is Sephardic we are a much smaller sect and we don't speak Yiddish. Just romanian and my grandparents Judeo Spanish ladino... in romania we are called Evrei de Rit spaniol.

[@iulianzagan779]

Thank you for cherishing our Romanian language. I wish you well in your country, Israel, for which you had to fight and struggle a lot!

[@astoica1]

@@iulianzagan779 make sure you stay there in Israel. Let's just say, you are very safe there.

[@iulianzagan779]

@@astoica1 stau bine mersi in tara mea, Romania!

[@Mihaaurora1970]

Cred ca nici macar un român nu ar vorbi atit de frumos despre România cum ai vorbit tu!! Multumesc ,m ai făcut sa ma simt mindra ca sunt românca !you are a awsome giant!😜

[@Mihaaurora1970]

@@Paulpaul-oq1ie ?

[@Mihaaurora1970]

@@Paulpaul-oq1ie asta am inteles, si vrei sa mi las aici nr de tel?

[@Mihaaurora1970]

@@Paulpaul-oq1ie nr de Romania?pai ai spus ca esti in state?😂

[@roberttatar1793]

Asai!

[@YaBoyFig]

This man asked for lemons and accidentally said "aveti la muie?" Absolute legend

[@daito1719]

LOL

[@MrGigi-dz9cv]

As a romanian, this makes me smile 😄😄😄😄.

[@octupus725]

Ye same i am

[@lammawithagun2195]

You and me buddy.

[@ezra8133]

True

[@shivaniraturi5374]

Hey...I really want to everything about Romania...cuz my boyfriend is Romanian and I am Indian..so I want to understand him better...it would be so sweet of you if you can help me...☺️

[@ezra8133]

@@shivaniraturi5374 do you want us to help you?

[@lavinia4109]

About what he said about Easter: Well, of course nothing caught fire, we have been doing this for ages, we got it down to a science. In fact, the struggle is to keep the candle burning until we get home. So everyone is so careful with it so the wind won't blow it, that safety becomes a by-product

[@rob.ale90]

We may light others on fire just so we won't loose it :)) I don't think there is anything that resemble more "my precious" than that light...

[@lavinia4109]

@@rob.ale90 that's hilarious. I don't know about lighting others, but the "my precious" part is spot on. Is as funny as it is true. I never realized it before, but it describes perfectly the way we cover it with our hand and look at it more than the path we are walking on

[@lukasnazare1693]

17:30 Perfect Romanian accent! ÎMI PARE BINE! Felicitări!

[@13xandru]

In Romania, if you come as a friend...you're always welcome!

[@anamariachiriac2996]

Peace and love from Romania 🇷🇴

[@michaelahass2695]

Peace & love IN Roumania ....

[@michaelahass2695]

@Alin Panțiruc Eu sugeram IN ROMANIA...acolo este nevoie de peace and love !

[@pitAlexx]

The red eggs are for representing the blood of Christ. And when you knock eggs you say: Hristos a inviat! (Christ has risen) and the other says: Adevarat a inviat! (Truly, truly, He is has risen). Also, for 40 days we great each the same way for honoring the time until His ascension in heaven.

[@manu144x]

Toți din clipuri sunt misionari mormoni deci nu cred că îi prea interesează tradițiile ortodoxe.

[@chitroskarma7832]

@@manu144x Misionari sau nu cel putin fac un pic de turism la noi in tara voluntarial asa, pt. ca statul Roman nu este in stare sa faca ceva sa atraga turisti americani sau alte natii in sensul ala original al turismului. Tocmai de aia conducatorii si parlamentarii plus cei aflati in administratiile bugetului trebuiesc executati si sistemul trebuie resetat. Nu avem nevoie de comunism si nici de capitalism, avem nevoie de o politica noua care sa traga tot ce este mai bun din comunism si democratie. Si avem nevoie si de putere militara. Avem nevoie si de libertati cum ar fi legalizarea Cannabisului,exprimarea libera, desfintarea cenzurii, legalizarea armelor de foc fara permis pe propietatea privata. Dar nu de mizerii care ne arunca vestul european cum ar fi sa dam drepturi la poponari, nu asa ceva nu. In conculzie avem nevoie de libertate si o mana de fier. Si nu avem nevoie sa schimbam conditiile din puscarie, avem nevoie de scoli, licee si universitati ca-n franta, SUA si canada iar penitenciarele sa fie la fel ca-n Brazilia si Ubekistan.

[@EnyTheWitch]

Ce am ras la faza cu lămâie 😂😂😂 Multumesc ca vorbesti frumos de noi. Si sunt sigură că stii ca si Romania e casa ta 😘

[@floricalazareanu1754]

Si eu am ris tare la lamiie

[@stefania-eleni1347]

Cred că sunt mai grea de cap. Ce cuvânt nasol iese dacă spui "lămâie" rar?

[@TheAhilo]

@@stefania-eleni1347 suna foarte apropiat cu grupul de cuvinte "la m*ie" ,si cum nu stia ca "â" nu este "u" ii era greu sa recreeze sunetul. Daca stau sa ma gandesc sunetul "â" e foarte ciudat de reprodus pentru engleza, e greu sa gasesc cuvinte care au prin silabe sunetul ala.

[@stefania-eleni1347]

@@TheAhilo Mulțumesc de explicație! Mă mir că era cunoștient că e posibil să fi spus ceva cu o anumită conotație. Dar așa e: "ă" și "â" nu fac parte din vocalele preferate ale străinilor, așa că cine știe cum o fi sunat. Dar tot nu cred că oamenii se uitau la el din cauza asta. Mai mult că nu înțelegeau. Dar el s-a făcut roșu și a tăiat-o din magazin.

[@Tudor356]

@@stefania-eleni1347 Doar daca este pronuntat incorect iese nasol 😁

[@danal.4742]

You are a warm-hearted person, no wonder you fitted so well into the Romanian life-style. Thank you for your kind words about my home country, it made me very proud!

[@coreythompson1466]

I have a bunch of Romanian friends from an online game and they are definitely my favorite people😁🍻🍻

[@dariarotaru6998]

I love the video. It was nice to watch it. I am romanian so i would say your romanian is pretty good.

[@vladimanisor1562]

0:28, Shaorma is part of Turkish quisine and is more of a fast food here in Romania

[@justasoul4163]

It's still a good dish ;)

[@vladimanisor1562]

@@justasoul4163 That’s a whole other story! What I’m trying to say is that Shaorma does not belong to Romanian traditional quisine, whereas the man in the clip thought so!

[@andreiiota6920]

We definitely have our own version by this point. By extension Sarmale are also Turkish, but our recipe has evolved to be different.

[@vladimanisor1562]

@@andreiiota6920 yea, you’ve got a solid point there!

[@justasoul4163]

There's definitely a specific regional version of this dish, just like American shawarma differs from Israeli or Arabic ones.

[@degauss22ro1]

that "imi pare bine" was spot on

[@samonodoubt]

"Mici" has a different mix of spices, than sausages and made in a slightly different way. The only similar thing is the mince

[@ppn194]

in a big different way.

[@deeaella2524]

Mince meat .. (beef, beef and pork, pork?) with a mix of spices...

[@alexandruivascu6450]

Jam in romanian is "Marmelada" or "Gem" not conservative! They tricked you af

[@Bruh-xo1yn]

nu ii si dulceață?

[@Julian12902]

@@Bruh-xo1yn Gem de fructe e “jam” (sau, “fruit jam”) în engleză; de fapt, gem chiar provine din cuvântul englezesc. Dulceaţă în engleză e “fruit preserves”, care sună cam aproape de prezervative! Așa l-a păcălit prietenul lui român, mizând pe asemănarea dintre “preserves” și prezervative!

[@razvantinca8665]

that "imi pare bine" sound great to me happy to hear that you say this kind words about Romania

[@valerianemes6445]

Thank you for your kind words about Romania and her people.

[@mihaelaserdenciuc8833]

Wow,ce bine seamănă cu Dan Pietreanu de la Vacanța mare.

[@Bogdan-uu5oe]

Regarding dialects, not rely, those are regional versions, for a Romanian is easy to understand them. Those are more like New York English, Texas English, Uk English etc. Oltenia (the region were Craiova is) was the most Romanized province of Romania and they kept a Latin tense that was lost in other provinces.

[@XayraX91]

Your accent is still on point!

[@RaMcLive]

This is so hearth warming

[@RainOnline]

warming ?!

[@razvanconstantinescu5034]

Iti multumesc mult pentru vorbele frumoase , te felicit pentru ca ai acceptat sa inveti limba romana cand puteai alege varianta mai comoda .

[@sarahdamarisgheorghe1860]

Hi , I from Romania! 😁. I love Romania! : )))

[@liviujivan5680]

Great stories and I must say that you've depicted perfectly the romanian culture, your observations are really accurate, also your pronunciation is up to par. Thank you for sharing your experiences with the rest of the World.

[@adust7292]

8:00 as a guy born in Romania the cheek kissing, in my experience, is usually done like between people you haven't seen in a while especially old people 9:15 dude set you up for sure 9:58 kinda sounds like "la-muie" so yea

[@h0stI13]

Thanks for showing us how unique and special our country is when viewed from the outside. Most of the things you mentioned we take for granted and we don't think about them that much but when you describe them from your perspective they suddenly become more interesting and meaningful. Good job!

[@iulianzagan779]

Thank you for the kind words you had for Romania. Wish you all the best!

[@Capris4EveR]

Hah, just had a mămăligă yesterday, taught in English people are calling it "polenta". I recommend as a bread replacement, super light for stomac.

[@MarcelaElviraTimis]

A luat-o de la italieni 😁

[@theredpanda9498]

17:30 i got goosebumps when i heard how good you pronounced that, good job!

[@AdiTudor.]

Man...you killed it! Your stories about Romania and the way you explain things are more than accurate, I mean I couldn't explain better myself. Btw I'm from Craiova and and I know people who couldn't explain better our "special" past tense! You have my respect! Thank you man!

[@maxavail]

This guy looks Romanian.

[@_o..o_1871]

He doesn’t look like a Romanian ethnic.

[@maxavail]

@@_o..o_1871 you will find that face a lot in Moldova.

[@_o..o_1871]

@@maxavail I’ve been to Moldova and the Romanian ethnics there don’t look like that either

[@_o..o_1871]

And what I wrote here is factually proven ^^

[@antonioalbul00]

tbh romanians have the most generic european look

[@PAPSROYALAPIARY]

I lived in US for over 32 years, what you said about the people of Romania made me very proud to be born in Romania. God Bless and Happy Holidays. Dan

[@citizenz4640]

You re a cool humble guy, you should visit us again.

[@dragan_avramov]

So, my dear neighbors did not introduce you to something known under the general term "rachiu"? Oh, Romanians, shame on you!!!! :)))

[@adriantudor227]

i think they did, but probably he doesn t remember that night.

[@realitateacruda2213]

They definetly did, but maybe he got hit too hard by it's latent power :)))

[@Crowe_77]

:))))))))))))

[@liviu1266]

Haha good one mate

[@victoriulian5411]

yes, i know what it is ракия/ракија

[@dragosgalben60]

This was sweet. Thank you!

[@Wolf_98]

Hey Boss, I’m glad that you had a good experience in my country.

[@nanabanana198]

Nice comments, I m proud to be Romanian! Beautiful country, beautiful people ♥️♥️God bless Romania!

[@alu_pigus]

Such a positive guy, cheers to you!

[@austint1987]

This is so helpful, thank you

[@constantinpostolache3969]

Sunteti un american foarte cumsecade domnule. Multumim

[@marcelurs]

Great outsider thoughts. Spot on

[@Phiyedough]

American culture is unique so Americans must experience culture shocks in any European country. I've not seen much of Romania but would like to go some time as I'm not that far away, in Croatia. I was worried about high crime (which I have experienced in Bulgaria) but am somewhat reassured on that score by this series of videos.

[@cristinaionescu3729]

Hey! I love the way you speak about us! Niceeee!

[@lexuandrew3793]

Congrats to go trough that place. Quite fun interview, nice done.

[@georgechirilov228]

Thanks you for all your beautiful words, good bless you

[@MariaMagdalenaBujor]

That “ îmi pare bine” was awesome ! 😂😂

[@teenline1465]

Multumesc!

[@TheLyjesus]

How nice he spoken about Romania! I laughed so hard... preservative oh my...good man!

[@victorclinciu6129]

Nice

[@Domnu.]

Imi placu acest video. :) Salutari de la Craiova!

[@mariasita7387]

You described my country so well! Thank you so much I enjoyed your video 🙏❤️❤️🇷🇴

[@saileshdahal9904]

Hi ma'am I am Intrested to come at romania for a job i love romania❤️ plz help me when I will be there

[@lexyhutton]

I highly recommend visiting Transylvania, it is a bit of a different world :) Also, the priests don’t knock on doors like agents to save you from your demons, nor do merchants shout along blocks from early morning hours in weekends & the music from cars is usually heard inside the cars instead of the whole neighbourhood.

[@anne4002]

I never realized how many quotes we use until you noticed it in every situation and out of nowhere!😂 We (or at least me) eat mămăligă all the time is like a healthier bread replacement. They took the dogs out of the streets by the way and it is not the same without them anymore....😔 Anyway there's no room to feel lonely in Romania, if you feel like so, go anywhere on the street, bar etc. Ask for company or party and you will always find someone to take you in as a family friend, you'll see. Thank you!☺️

[@Nick-cr6bj]

Ati invatat Romaneste bine in numai doi ani. Many blessings!

[@stefanbadara3020]

foarte frumos

[@marindoina3017]

Best Regards from Romania!🍀💯

[@SparkySlow]

Very cool

[@thegodofmischief8141]

17:28 WOW nice one

[@superbitch7790]

That’s cute ❤️

[@dantokes5649]

That "îmi pare bine" took me by surprise lol

[@hellen6423]

Mulțumim că ne povestești frumos 😊

[@RycoWW2]

That "îmi pare bine" is 100% on point

[@LegoJackSparrow12345]

This guy is definitely “Dorel” !,

[@Adrianaady17]

Love you accent yayy I'm from 🇷🇴☝️

[@Paulpaul-oq1ie]

As vrea sa vorbim pe whatsapp...vrei? I am in US now but i am from Romania

[@Adrianaady17]

@@Paulpaul-oq1ie sigur ca da sant din Romania dar de 14 ani locuiesc in Anglia 😔

[@Adrianaady17]

@@Paulpaul-oq1ie ok îl poti sterge Thank you

[@randomone649]

In one part you said something about houses , in america , you are used to see many houses around of city , streeds and streeds of houses , here in romania we have houses too, but there are in willages , and at willages we have only houses , not appartaments , and big houses with yeard and more , here peoples do more agriculture , grow animals and soo one , but we have houses too , is like 70% of population live in city , at apartaments , and 30 in willages at houses

[@iulianajohns3726]

Love this still keeping my Romanian tradition after 36 years of living in the USA! Being honest and telling someone what you really think even if they don't like it is something I think it's not bad! Like if someone is asking me how my day is I am telling them the truth, good or bad!

[@VincentGamingTV]

el, i love your Romanian accent 😁 take care!

[@blabla-rg7ky]

as a Romanian (from Craiova, too) I can tell you that you didn't pronounce "imi pare bine" well. You've pronounced it PERFECTLY :)

[@reaper535]

If you get the chance (like a vacation) come back so you can keep exploring and learning.cănd vrei să dai p-aici,ești bine venit.

[@alinavisa4397]

You put a smile on my face 😀 thank you very much for your video! I wish you a very happy Christmas 🎄 Crăciun Fericit

[@cameliaghica2212]

Ai vorbit așa de frumos. 🤗

[@alexAlex-yx5dn]

Hope you had a good time, almost cryied while listening you ! Glad to hear such as nice words about my country!

[@4tqny]

That "imi pare bine" was like a 9.5/10

[@DookuGabriel]

Wow! Such a good accent! Thank you so much for your thoughts!

[@bellagreen6660]

The egg's knocking is not just for fun, the fun part is for the kids of the house. The knocking represent knocking on a door to give them the good news of the resurrection

[@serbanblaga2318]

The fact about safety... It depends on the city, or part of a city. As far as i know, almost every city has an unsafe part of the city... But, eaven in safe places, you can be attacked. But the criminality is way lower than American are used to.

[@mikymeghela1518]

Well, it's a nice video you upload here. A little funny but at least you enjoy our culture 😜. Many of US people don't know what is romania.

[@toromontana8290]

There are almost no stray dogs in Bucharest now, we cleaned it up nicely.

[@user-uv9zr8qs2c]

By Euthanising them? You cant just love your pets? It would be so much easier for everyone. Heard Romanians dont like to treat animals nicelu.

[@frateledeidara2061]

@@user-uv9zr8qs2c yes we do. And about the dogs, I don't know, maybe shelter, I'm not from Bucharest, so I don't know. Where I live you won't find dogs on the street, maybe bears. :)))

[@alakhazom]

@@user-uv9zr8qs2c Feral dogs are pests, spreading diseases, killing innocent people, and making a lot of noise. I would rather spend the money to protect the life of wild animals. Feral dogs can become like rats, if they oveepopulate!

[@RockClimberAlex]

1:18 The English word for mămăligă is polenta.

[@georgeborcean8564]

You did great ! And You look romanian too! Same thing happen to me when i move to USA. . Sa auzim de bine !

[@tiberiurus1289]

I think you had some things right, but with some i can't agree with you. I think you have just presented just a small part of Romania, from culture, food, people etc

[@citizenz4640]

Trains and the railways in Romania are really bad compared to most developed countries. If you want to travel by one I recommend you avoid CFR for the most part if you can and choose Astra Trans, although they have fewer rides available.

[@justasoul4163]

Improvements could be made in that regard but it's nevertheless a pleasurable experience to train travel. Also, I been to Romania a bunch of times but I never knew that there was an alternative to CFR? Do you get the tickets for Astra Trans in the same train stations? Just wondering for future visits there.

[@alisabucarciuc4924]

Romanian they are full of life , positive and funny they injoy loughting alout.There also you hear everywhere lout music , people love party, dancing very nice eating barbeque - Mititei is delicious dish.Also they are caring , friendly and try them best you to be comfortable in any aspects .

[@ktxed]

this guy literally looks like some romanian who left for the states back in the 90s

[@ktxed]

@ROM I hmmm I know a couple of romanian expats who lost their accent :)

[@butoerugabriel]

@ROM I as a roumanian living abroad I have to disagree. You can lose your accent and, in fact, I did.

[@fantasticmemories1]

@ROM I yeah well some romanians lost their accent after two months :))

[@GeorgianMihai]

Wow nice video. It's funny to see what you consider normal stuff, others consider it interesting or unique.

[@cristinatimis8449]

🌻

[@pcc790]

Second time of 'îmi pare bine' was perfect Romanian! You are welcome back to România any time and hopefully this time you may visit Transylvania too!

[@stealthrun]

All nice and all, but...maybe you could change the "ROM" for "ROU". That is actually the int'l abbreviation for Romania. Thanks a bunch man.

[@_rux]

Well, good luck there :D

[@radugroza4881]

💗

[@xxjadegachaxx6396]

Im romanian 🇹🇩✨

[@rob.ale90]

Thanks for taking your time to share this with us. For me it's like a reminder that Romania ain't that bad, i feel like we evolved so much from after revolution related to safety and abandoned dogs. Also your "Imi pare bine" came totally unexpected, it was beautiful. Hope you had a really great time and visited Constanta and the mountains too, there are some gems, but you need to search for them.

[@arnolddaradics5262]

If you want spicy 😂😂😂, yes, we can go over the USA standards, but only thing why you dont taste it, is because of the restaurant /fast food rules

[@iulianajohns3726]

Thank you so much for your honest opinion about Romania, and I am glad you had a good experience there!

[@criss1461]

I was laughing so hard at your lemons search failed quest. Glad you took it right and didn't let that get to you. Enjoy Romania and all it has to offer :) its not all nice and rainbows obviously, but nothing is in life. Stay safe and live on.

[@ovidiuortan3231]

That .. imi pare bine ... was 100% romanian.It was perfect.