Cum sa inveti romana

Un post foarte amuzant, dar şi adevărat, scris de un american ce trăieşte în România de 10 ani, despre cei 37 de paşi prin care a reuşit să înveţe limba română. Omul are un blog frumos scris şi care merită urmărit pentru a vedea ţara noastră şi prin ochii unui străin (dacă se mai poate numi aşa, după ce locuiește în Cluj de atâta vreme).

Citez doi paşi care m-au amuzat teribil:

Step 11B – Be sure to never, ever order TWO of anything because it’s the one number that’s “masculine” for some things and “feminine” for others and I don’t know which is which. So even if I want two of something, I always have to ask for three.

Step 19 – Move to another city, get cable TV and a girlfriend who loves shows like Surprize, Surprize (don’t ask – it’s horrible) and finally Schimb de Mame (literally “Mother Exchange”) which is actually pretty good. I get to see the inside of everyone’s apartments (on the TV) and realize I’m not the only one who has icons all over the wall and lots of LACE needlepoint stuff draping the tables and other bits of furniture.

Întreg postul merită citit.

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For example, the “cool kids” now go to the Starbucks which is just outside the mall and they wear their Nikes and talk on their Nokia phones and drive their Volkswagens around and eat KFC chicken tenders, etc, etc. And I thought what the hell, man! I sweat blood and tears to learn the 812 different dialects and now you’re going to abandon it all by turning quasi-American on me?