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> I'm just using google translate

Google translate is pretty shit for most language, especially ones that aren't as popular.

DeepL is much better than Google's Translate. Their Language AI is vastly superior and only every now and then has problems translating correctly, like when a sentence doesn't have enough context for the AI to get the gender right.
In the case of some non-gendered language, like Hungarian for example, the AI does some pretty sexist translations when you feed it sentences that give no clue of the gender, but that's just because that's the input it has been fed so if societies are sexist the AI is gonna be sexist as well.
Like for example "Ő gyereket nevel." gets translated to "She raises a child" while "Ő sok pénzt keres." gets translated to "He makes a lot of money." although it is impossible to figure out the gender from those Hungarian sentences alone.

So watch out for that, otherwise DeepL is damn good. An example:

> Autoritățile thailandeze au intrat în alertă din cauza unor inundații puternice care au acoperit deja 70.000 de locuințe și au dus la moartea a șase oameni în regiunile centrale și nordice ale țării, relatează The Guardian. În această situație, guvernul a făcut apel la armată pentru a proteja capitala în fața posibilelor inundații, inclusiv siturile istorice și locuințele oamenilor.

DeepL translation:

> Thai authorities have been put on alert as heavy flooding has already covered 70,000 homes and led to the deaths of six people in the country's central and northern regions, The Guardian reports. The government has called in the army to protect the capital from possible flooding, including historic sites and people's homes.

I use this deck for listening comprehension practice.

In terms of prepared SRS materials I have found Clozemaster more useful than Anki.

"Te-am" is used when you are talking about an action that you (or a group, including you) did to someone (when talking to them directly, in the first-person)

Example: Nu cred că te-am auzit! (I don't think I/we heard you!)

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"Te-a" is used when you are talking to about an action that someone else did to the person you're directly talking to.

Example: Nu cred că te-a auzit! (I don't think he/she/they heard you!)

See more examples of te-a and te-am

Complete Romanian Beginner to Intermediate Course: (Book and audio support) https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/1444105590/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_fabc_QYJHFBHD64DW40HPG18Q?_encoding=UTF8&psc=1

I hope the link works:)

its in Beta, (check out the status website https://www.duolingo.com/course/ro/en/status) it won't be available in mobile until it finishes the beta phase; but the beta phase is only accessible from the web.

I'm not the best at explaining this but it's the dative and it's quite common in Latin languages. Îmi is the unstressed version.

For example you can say:

Îmi spală mașina - he/she is washing my car (unstressed)

Mie îmi spală mașina - (for me) he/she is washing my car (stressed)

It doesn't quite work translated to English as in English the dative is not used quite in the same way as it is in romance languages.

Here's a bit of a guide.

Reverso is a good site for searching up words/phrases, either EN to RO or vice versa.

 

Pro tip: If you ever see a version of a word with diacritics and a version without, the version with is probably correct. Most people are too lazy to type with diacritics, so services like Google Translate have learned from lazy input.

Hi. I found this app before and it sends a word notification every hour or depending on which setting you prefer. I hope it helps.

Yes! Sorry, I didn't mean to leave that hanging really, it's just a harder thing to share because what I'm using for that is actually a hard copy book. I don't know if there's anything comparable online or in an app or not. Not that I've seen. But, if you can get a copy of this, I swear it's game changing for boosting your comprehension faster. This is the first book, which I'm still working through. There's intermediate and advanced volumes as well.

Romanian Frequency Dictionary - Essential Vocabulary: 2500 Most Common Romanian Words - https://www.amazon.com/dp/9492637294/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apan_glt_i_AEBJHXTDBN8D5JBTZBHK?_encoding=UTF8&psc=1

What other languages are you interested in learning?

There's this book which I have: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/198333426X/ref=ewc_pr_img_3?smid=ATVPDKIKX0DER&psc=1

It's a lot easier to learn stuff when it's in a network of related concepts, and learning all versions of different romance language words is certainly self-supporting.

I would love to! However, your link may be a little broken, so just to confirm do you mean https://fsi-languages.yojik.eu/languages/Romanian/FSI%20-%20Romanian%20Reference%20Grammar%20-%20Student%20Text.pdf this document?

No problem.
For reading articles and such, I recommend the google translator plugin. You just select the text and it automagically shows you a translated pop-up like this.

Hi, I'm very late to the party here. But if she is happy using an App or website, than similar to duolingo is Mondly (It's written by a Romanian developer). It has the unique feature of teaching any language to any other language in its collection: https://www.mondlylanguages.com

I love that dictionary site! Thanks! I've actually looked for something similar but couldn't find one that I was happy with.

I just found an Android app that seems to tap into that same site: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.dex

Just to share, Beginner Russian app and the Beginner Romanian app are pretty efficient tools you could try to use to begin learning on your own some of the basic words and phrases to both languages at your own pace and convenience for free.

A little late to the party, your comments about potential children having a secret language rang true with me. I'm in fear of them being able to plot against me while I am in the room!

I have paid for language courses, trust me if you can find one it's worth it. Unless you are in a relationship with a teacher, there is nothing like someone experienced in teaching supporting you (it obviously can be done without, but in many cases it's easier with).

I back up my learning with duolingo (which launched Romanian in app a few weeks ago, and online).

I also have a book, but it's now an older one so out of print (it comes with a CD).

A friend recently got this book which looks good: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Complete-Romanian-Teach-Yourself-Book/dp/1444105590