romanian?

[hannahshule]

Posted: 1/1/07 at 6:28pm

Does anyone here have any suggesteions books/programs that are good for learning this language. (a la Rosetta Stone, who doesn't have it). I'm in need of a new language and I've decided to make this my new project.
Any help is appreciated!

[erikaamato]

Posted: 1/1/07 at 6:36pm

First 3 things I found by doing a simple google search:

http://www.languagerevolution.com/product_details.php?cPath=46&mc_src=Google&mc_n=Learn%20Romanian&mc_id=romahddyr64llo

http://ww3.pimsleurapproach.com/include/lp/19_95_c1/lp001.asp?learn=Romanian&Sid=000109_GGL

http://www.easyromanian.com/

May I ask, why Romanian?

[hannahshule]

Posted: 1/1/07 at 7:14pm

I had already done the google search, but I came here to see if anyone had any opinions on which one they PREFERRED, and was the best. So many of those language guides are a waste.

I chose Romanian because I love that it's a romance language with slavic influence. It's an interesting country, and I have already done Russian, German, French, Italian, some Swedish, Hungarian and Czech, so Romanain seemed a good next choice.
I was originally turned on when I saw a production of a Romanian folk opera a short time ago. Beautiful country, beautiful people, and beautiful language.

[MotorTink]

Posted: 1/1/07 at 7:15pm

How is the Rosetta stone series in general?

[hannahshule]

Posted: 1/1/07 at 7:17pm

It worked really well for me (I did Italian,) and once I got the hang of it (they jump right in without giving you introductions in english or the alphabet like you may have done in school) but all in all I found it pretty effective.

Updated On: 1/1/07 at 07:17 PM

[erikaamato]

Posted: 1/1/07 at 7:21pm

Fair enough. Well, having never studied a language via one of those methods (books/CDs), I can't suggest one I prefer. (I've only studied French, Italian, and Russian, and those were all in academic settings.) Good luck to you!

[Elphaba]

Posted: 1/1/07 at 8:58pm

er Hannah, maybe a language you could use somewhere other than IN Romania would be a smarter choice?
It's not like it's the language of commerce, academia or literature.......

How fluent are you in Russian, German, French, Italian, Swedish, Hungarian and Czech?

Just wondering....

Updated On: 1/1/07 at 08:58 PM

[Fabrizio2]

Posted: 1/1/07 at 9:59pm

Rosetta Stone is fabulous. I also used it for italian.

[hannahshule]

Posted: 1/2/07 at 6:06am

I've becoe pretty fluent in all of them.
While I see your point Elphaba, I see no reason not to study it, and I'll have plenty of other opportunities to learn other ones. I'm doing it more because I like the language itself, not because of how much it's spoken and where I can speak it. (We actually have a lot of Romanians at my school and in my city though).