Romanian vs Romance Languages - Can They Understand Each other?

[@yersonraza7869]

La mejor Familia 🇪🇸🇵🇹🇫🇷🇮🇹🇷🇴🇦🇩

[@RaulCamarena3]

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[@DesirousCrown84]

jaja

[@stevenlee5673]

Estoy acuerdo contigo

[@lucianf6440]

Yes right

[@TechNewEraa]

Moldavians speak romanian!

[@ItsMikeLearns]

I’m currently learning Romanian! Very cool video!

[@RaulCamarena3]

why you learning it?

[@ItsMikeLearns]

@@RaulCamarena3 I love the Romanian culture and language

[@ppn194]

@@RaulCamarena3 Bad English. If you do not recognized conduco, cunducir, then your knolwledge is only at a poor street level.

[@Philoglossos]

There are dozens of romance languages - those are just the five biggest. 😉

[@RaulCamarena3]

true that!

[@misacraft3714]

I heard, that Romanians are able to watch and understand Italian movies in Italian language - so similarity of the languages must be high….

[@RaulCamarena3]

I was surprised on how close Italian was to Romanian in our conversation 😳

[@andifajariskandar2221]

Italian and rumanian have lexical similar 77%

[@florinalfonse4163]

DORI,DOREȘTI(ro)....DOLEANCE,DOLORE

[@florinalfonse4163]

Da(ro)...Ita(lat)

[@SinarNila]

​@@RaulCamarena3Italian and Romanian are close, my friend Raul, it would be great if the Italians, Romanians and Swiss who speak Romansh together resurrected the Dalmatian language, which precisely linked Romansh to Italian, Romanian, Venetian and Romansh. Hugs, your channel is very good

[@kilipaki87oritahiti]

To me as a Norwegian Romanian sounds like Italian mixed with Brazilian (Portuguese) with a Slavic flare, but very faint. Used to listen to a lot of Romanian trance back in the 2000’s like DJ Project.

[@mihaelac2472]

I read somewhere that Portuguese has some sounds that make it sound similar to Russian. We also have slavic loans as well as the î sound in common with Slavic languages.

[@RaulCamarena3]

how was his Romanian? was he lying to me that he's a native romanian speaker?

[@ppn194]

@@RaulCamarena3 No, he is a native Romanian speaker.

[@cosmincasuta486]

@@RaulCamarena3 He is for sure!

[@Atoma001]

It's amazing how if you can speak Romanian you can understand other Romance languages. Conversely, it's not so easy for someone who speaks Spanish or Italian to understand Romanian. Romanian seems to be a kind of lingua franca of the Romance languages, or the basis is closer to vulgar Latin.

[@GholaTleilaxu]

Lingua Franca is the language of the Franks (French).

[@RaulCamarena3]

are you romanian?

[@daciaromana2396]

@@GholaTleilaxu French was the international language of diplomacy in the 19th century and while the etymology of "Lingua Franca" is indeed the language of the Franks, the term "Lingua Franca" specifically means common language or intermediary language, and doesn't specifically refer to French. English is the present day's Lingua Franca. Regardless, I don't believe Romanian is a lingua franca between all other Romance languages. Although, since it is closest to Vulgar Latin in terms of grammar, it may be a go between from Vulgar Latin to all the other Romance languages.

[@ppn194]

@@GholaTleilaxu Lingua franca, in this expression today is a language spoken by all communities. Like English in English which is almost , today, the Lingua Franca of the whole world.

[@GholaTleilaxu]

@@ppn194 The language of the romanized Anglo-Saxons is NOT lingua Franca.

[@stephanobarbosa5805]

Romeno é interessante !

[@RaulCamarena3]

yes!

[@ff.reflexzinnn]

Romanian is probably closest to ancient latin

[@javierhillier4252]

Latin wasn’t a Romance languages, it was a pre-Romance language, but Romanian is a romance language but it’s the most divergent

[@ff.reflexzinnn]

@@javierhillier4252 Romanian most divergent ? Have You look at french?? Or how slavic portuguese sound like? Or how many arabic words spanish have?? You are jealous BC Romanian is closest to latin in term of writing and grammar

[@javierhillier4252]

@@ff.reflexzinnn I meant from other Romance languages

[@lucianf6440]

​@@javierhillier4252Latin is an Italic language and Italic is a Indoeuropean language so easy.

[@ff.reflexzinnn]

@@javierhillier4252 yes BC Romanian is closest to vulgar latin

[@burner3637]

Actually, knowing Romanian you can understand pretty much all other latin languages, whereas the latin languages have a lot idioms and can hardly understand each other in the same language family, not to mention others :) Compare the old dialect from the north east of Romania and Portugese and you may find some more similarities

[@stevenlee5673]

To my knowledge, Romanians understand Italian and Spanish the most and French and Portuguese to a lesser extent.

[@EnzoRossi-g4v]

The problem and italian French Spanish and Portuguese not understand Romanian 😂

[@stevenlee5673]

@@EnzoRossi-g4v yep unfortunately. Slavic influence.

[@andifajariskandar2221]

​@@EnzoRossi-g4vRumanian can not understand French because fluence prononce and portuguese too

[@EnzoRossi-g4v]

@@andifajariskandar2221 And Also portuguese is more nasaly than French for me

[@Səv]

​Romanian has adopted many French words in order to "re-latinize" the language

[@ruben4447]

I guarantee you will understand way more of Romanian if you get rid of all the diacritics. Those are the ones that make the language harder to understand. Thats why Romanians can understand other Romance languages but they cant understand Romanian as well. Its much easier understood when written. The same problems come with French and Portuguese. They are kinda hard to understand when spoken but easier when written. As strange as Romanian may sound it still is very similar to the other ones but the diacritics make it harder.

[@GholaTleilaxu]

The Romanian diacritics are the best invention since the Ñ,Ć,Č,š,ž and all the other abominations.

[@RaulCamarena3]

when you say get rid of the "diacritics" how easy is that to do?

[@ruben4447]

@@RaulCamarena3 I mean when written we Romanians often dont use the diacritics and just write them with the normal vowels. We could simply replace them with the with the normal vowel sounds. But i guess it wouldnt really be that necessary to go through all the work of relearning how the words should be spoken.

[@GholaTleilaxu]

@@RaulCamarena3 It would be very impractical and annoying for the speakers of Romanian language to get rid of the diacritics. The user ruben4447 is speaking from his perspective as a lazy individual. He wants to get rid of diacritics because he "can't be bothered" because "this is the internet"

[@bloodbonnieking]

​@@ruben4447There's a reason why they exist. Have fun saying "mananc un mar" Also, the diacritics change the tense. A mânca - mănânc - mâncam

[@stephanobarbosa5805]

Occitano é mais fácil que francês

[@mimisor66]

You could understand Romanian easily because not only you spoke four other Romance languages, but you had an open mind and an ear for recognizing the different words. Sometimes it is easier looking at a written text, rather then hearing people speak fast. I know Italians that could not recognize simple sentences very similar to Italian spoken in Romanian, always considered it like a psychological barrier they have, also not used to hearing various languages, as their movies are not subtitled.

[@popacristian2056]

Da (Romanian) ~ Tá (irish) ~ Tha (Scottish Gallic) ~ Ita (Latin) ~ Da (south French)?

[@SinarNila]

They have similarities in sounds phonetics, semantics too and ortography in close view 🪟.

[@Səv]

Russian da

[@relyana]

@@Səv The slavic tribes migrated to the old Thracian territories long after they were latinized by romans (I'm not talking only about Dacia/nowadays Romania and Moldova. Language influences and borrowings usually go both ways so guess who actually borrowed da (latin ita) from the locals.

[@pureluck8882]

"ita" and "non" are supposed to be where "Da" and "Nu" come from, but later took the form from Slavic. Making the "i" silent and later transforming the "ta" into "da" for this specific example.

[@popacristian2056]

the "Russians" borrowed.

[@saebica]

Wait until you hear Aromanian, a small Romance language.

[@RaulCamarena3]

what country is that from?

[@saebica]

@@RaulCamarena3 Aromanian is a Romance language spoken in the Balkan Peninsula and Romania, we're around 300.000 speakers and our language has evolved similarly like Romanian but they're two separate languages. The mutual intelligibility is around 50-60%. I'm a native speaker, a Political Party Member, an Aromanian organisation co-founder and active promoter on all the social media. Best Regards.

[@zuraorokamono204]

​​@@RaulCamarena3 Aromanians are a nation without a country. They speak a sister language to Romanian, mostly found in small pockets spread across the old Eastern Roman Empire (mainly Greece, N.Macedonia, Albania, Bulgaria) the language is very old but sadly endangered

[@stephanobarbosa5805]

@@saebica Você entende Istrorromeno e Meglenorromeno ?

[@saebica]

@@zuraorokamono204 That's correct!

[@vincentstef5708]

When you speak Romanian the other romance languages come easy

[@RaulCamarena3]

yeah for sure it seems like thats the case!

[@stephanobarbosa5805]

Bonjorn, comprenètz aquesta lenga? Qui ès la sòrre de la maire? Lo filh d'el oncle? Lo fraire d'el marit?

[@ppn194]

Bună ziua, înțelegi limba aceasta ? Cine este sora miresei ? Fiul unchiului ? Fratele mirelui ?

[@stephanobarbosa5805]

@@ppn194 da

[@ppn194]

@@stephanobarbosa5805 Ce limbă este? Mi se pare un amestec de galiciană, catalană. O fi și vreun dialect din Sardinia...

[@stephanobarbosa5805]

@@ppn194 Língua occitana... é muito próxima do catalão !

[@lunadeargint540]

Romanian ( correct variant ) Bună ziua, înțelegeți limba aceasta ? Cine este sora mamei ? Fiul unchiului ? Fratele soțului ? Romance languages 😍❤‍🔥

[@spadaacca]

I speak French fluently and I had no idea what you were saying in French with your accent 😂

[@VlerkeDamne]

I had the same issue. Is it Canadian French or just the accent I'm wondering I had to read subtitles to understand 😅 Still much respect to his linguistic skills 🙏

[@vincentstef5708]

Where is the part 2 that was promised

[@RaulCamarena3]

I've now reinvented myself... i was battling some demons. and decided to make a change with content, have you seen new content?

[@angelabrentz2758]

👋🇺🇸! Like your video👍. I’m ROMANIAN-AMERICAN, and , I can understand very well standard ITALIAN . ❤️🇺🇸❤️🇷🇴❤️🇮🇹

[@VlerkeDamne]

Respect for knowing these languages. I had difficulty understanding your French though, you speak too fast and slur your words. I'm half Italian half Belgian (so I speak french from birth) Is there a lot of Canadian influence in there or is it just the accent? Because I also have difficulty with Canadian French 😂No offense ! You did incredibly!

[@VictorMRodriguez-ws3qd]

Parece obvio que el joven que habla Rumano entiende bien el italiano, español y portugués, pero no así el francés

[@Polskirumun]

I have totally opposite situation, I don t speak this all latin languages but I can speak romanian( Im not romanian)

[@popacristian2056]

You speak too fast. A break between sentences would be very good.

[@stephanobarbosa5805]

Faltou perguntas em catalão !

[@Targazan]

por que ele não fala catalão

[@stephanobarbosa5805]

​@@TargazanPensei que sabia

[@Targazan]

@@stephanobarbosa5805 você fala catalão ou…?

[@stephanobarbosa5805]

@@Targazan mais ou menos

[@ppn194]

Dorești = desire, not want

[@alanfrost75]

Or "wish" also works nicely.

[@iulykenoby6058]

Nope cand te Întreb ,Dorești sa bei o cana cu apă? Este dorință sau ? Deci .... las-o mai moale marele vorbitor de limba română

[@iulykenoby6058]

Dorești= wish,desire,want. Depinde de context

[@RaulCamarena3]

i messed up in subtitles right?

[@ppn194]

@@RaulCamarena3 Right !

[@LuizfTri99]

Vídeo muito interessante, parabéns amigo

[@stephanobarbosa5805]

🇷🇴 mais fácil que 🇲🇫

[@RaulCamarena3]

true

[@stephanobarbosa5805]

​@@RaulCamarena3o idioma 🇲🇫 é um tigre 🐯🐅 de papel . Só tem força dentro da francofonia.

[@heightwidth]

Tu dois améliorer ton français

[@RaulCamarena3]

je sais ;/

[@stephanobarbosa5805]

@@RaulCamarena3 mwen prefè palé kreyòl aysyen ! Pwononsyasyon pli fasil pou mwa !

[@shepta]

Not de les, des* good video tho

[@RaulCamarena3]

Oops 😬, thanks though!

[@alexandruchiriac2179]

what region is he from? it’s interesting because he does not really pronounce final “i’s” in romanian lol

[@RaulCamarena3]

He said from the capital!

[@popacristian2056]

Ai?! Ce vrei sa spui ca nu pronunta?

[@cosmina.m.7570]

Eu n-am auzit nimic straniu in modul in care vorbeste.

[@iulykenoby6058]

Ai scris si tu sa te afli in treabă

[@sunisshining2100]

At all

[@MaximDL1410]

👏❤✊

[@rof098]

the translations are hurting my brain

[@RaulCamarena3]

why haha

[@zuraorokamono204]

​​​@@RaulCamarena3there are a few mistakes for example when it says "in my opinion on french people, I give good luck" he really just said "my opinion about french people is a very good one" "este una foarte bună" also when it says "yeah I've been to Brazil 2 times" he really said "yes, I've been to Brazil two months ago" "acum două luni"

[@florinzaharia7442]

Limba română este limbă latina/romantică, limba mea este mama si tatăl tuturor limbilor latine

[@BozgorSlayer]

Cine ti-a zis asta?

[@cosmina.m.7570]

​@@BozgorSlayerRoxin si alti dacopati nebuni. Lasa-i sa se simta speciali! Ca doar halucinatiile ii mai fac fericiti si le da un sens in viata.

[@octaviantimisoreanu5810]

Limba Romana provine din Latina, nu invers.

[@GholaTleilaxu]

Greșit! Confunzi urheimatul unor neamuri de acum 4000-3000 de ani cu originea limbii.

[@iulykenoby6058]

​​@@octaviantimisoreanu5810cine tia zis ție asta ? Daci se înțelegeau cu romani,cu greci aveau multe cuvinte comune,deci nu poți sa spui cu exactitate 100% ca provine din latină,este o combinație din5re thraco geto daca și latină si mai târziu si slavă vreo 20% sa lipit plus germană, maghiară etc

[@ppn194]

Bou mai ești, dacă vrei să stai în Spania în viitor !

[@bloodbonnieking]

S-a trezit puradel să comenteze 🫥

[@ppn194]

@@bloodbonnieking Prostănacule, nici nu știi ce e un puradel...

[@mep6302]

3:20 You have to say "des" and not "de les" in those contexts. I don't understand why this is such a common mistake. (I'm a native Spanish speaker btw)

[@SinarNila]

Romanian is a very beautiful language, you just need to copy the glossary of its sister languages more to be more intelligible with them, and an explanatory, analytical and profound language, many conjugations and declensions, Romanian is a profound language for real speakers, guys who love to speak for hours on end. 🍿🥂🫂💙🍿🫂💙

[@RaulCamarena3]

are you romanian?

[@SinarNila]

I only studied the idiom, it's beautiful and deep.

[@SinarNila]

Hugs 🤗🫂💙to you Raul you're a humble and positive and polite and friendly person.🥂🥂🥂. Be safe and be healthy 💓🙏