We prefer Piata Mare - I think of it as Piata Centrala - and the times we went to Piata Gara, not only were the prices much higher, but the quality is much dodgier As for staying in AirBNB - there's a channel, Jetlag Warriors, where the two of them have spent several 3 month stays in Romania, and when they came to Craiova they stayed in an AirBNB in Rovina. They had been told Rovina was extra dangerous and were surprised it wasn't. My experience of staying in Rovina for most of the last two years is it's a very normal safe place. Local shops - I much prefer going to the local shops rather than the malls. The brutaria on Dezrobirii, or the other on Strada Spania, are both excellent.
Of course you can use Standard Romanian even in Oltenia... they will understand you You know that Oltenians are typical seen as somewhat of a joke in Romania.... Kinda like the East Frisians in Germany
Yep. Stick with the compound past 😊(perfectul compus): eu am mâncat, tu ai mâncat, el a mâncat, noi am mâncat, voi ați mâncat, ei au mâncat. Notice you need to know just the participle of the verb and use a shorther form of the verb "a avea" (to have). Skip what's in the brakets: eu am ..., tu ai .. , el/ea a(re), noi a(ve)m..., voi a(ve)ți, ei/ele au... It covers perfectly all the usage of the simple past. [Edit: I have just realised... Sadly, you wouldn't understand what they tell you when they use that simple past though. 🙈] I am not at all a religious person. I'm neither an atheist nor a Christian. I mention it just to make clear my position about the next question: have you got time to get familiar with Romanian Christmas songs ? (Colinde). You may not like them at all or you may like some. I guess in many cases taste is a matter of habits. I pretty much prefer the secular thinking, and also I dislike the message of some songs, yet I still listen to such songs at Christmases because I used to be a believer for decades and I like the music. Here are 2 links (as example: one from my short playlists th-cam.com/play/PLizCNGh5X9uvEGuiacmars5BudjV0Gh8y.html&si=UyWGyRw5eoHmmMs2 or this th-cam.com/video/wRmcbqjroes/w-d-xo.htmlsi=f4W1FjuoouVxbjz1 ).
I've very much enjoyed your story about Negrilă. He was one of the Romanian football stars back in my highschool days.
A very modest man. We have coffee together every day and discuss football from the UK or from Romania. He knows every score!
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We prefer Piata Mare - I think of it as Piata Centrala - and the times we went to Piata Gara, not only were the prices much higher, but the quality is much dodgier
As for staying in AirBNB - there's a channel, Jetlag Warriors, where the two of them have spent several 3 month stays in Romania, and when they came to Craiova they stayed in an AirBNB in Rovina. They had been told Rovina was extra dangerous and were surprised it wasn't. My experience of staying in Rovina for most of the last two years is it's a very normal safe place.
Local shops - I much prefer going to the local shops rather than the malls. The brutaria on Dezrobirii, or the other on Strada Spania, are both excellent.
Agree about local shops and the difference between the two piate. I have watched Jetlag Warriors, but didn't know they had stayed near us.
Of course you can use Standard Romanian even in Oltenia... they will understand you
You know that Oltenians are typical seen as somewhat of a joke in Romania....
Kinda like the East Frisians in Germany
I do and we don't get snowed in!
Friendliest people in the world.
Yep. Stick with the compound past 😊(perfectul compus): eu am mâncat, tu ai mâncat, el a mâncat, noi am mâncat, voi ați mâncat, ei au mâncat. Notice you need to know just the participle of the verb and use a shorther form of the verb "a avea" (to have). Skip what's in the brakets: eu am ..., tu ai .. , el/ea a(re), noi a(ve)m..., voi a(ve)ți, ei/ele au... It covers perfectly all the usage of the simple past.
[Edit: I have just realised... Sadly, you wouldn't understand what they tell you when they use that simple past though. 🙈]
I am not at all a religious person. I'm neither an atheist nor a Christian. I mention it just to make clear my position about the next question: have you got time to get familiar with Romanian Christmas songs ? (Colinde). You may not like them at all or you may like some. I guess in many cases taste is a matter of habits. I pretty much prefer the secular thinking, and also I dislike the message of some songs, yet I still listen to such songs at Christmases because I used to be a believer for decades and I like the music.
Here are 2 links (as example: one from my short playlists th-cam.com/play/PLizCNGh5X9uvEGuiacmars5BudjV0Gh8y.html&si=UyWGyRw5eoHmmMs2 or this th-cam.com/video/wRmcbqjroes/w-d-xo.htmlsi=f4W1FjuoouVxbjz1 ).
Thank you for sharing.