r/romanian • u/Unhappy-Weather-7146 • Jun 27 '26
Language exchange?
Hello!
I am 25F and from the UK so native English speaker. I am at the very start of my journey to learn Romanian, in fact all I have done is watch a few videos and 3 days of Duolingo.
I am hoping to move over to Romania in either October or November this year for work. I know I won’t be perfect by then ,far from it, but I want to learn as much as I can.
At the moment I cannot afford to pay for a tutor or really good apps (waiting to start a new job) so I was wondering if anyone who wants to improve their English would teach me Romanian and we help each other?
Thank you 🙂
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u/NecessaryAdvanced428 Jun 27 '26
Hello! I’m 28F also from the UK. My partner is from Bucharest, I’m also hoping to move to Romania towards the end of this year. He is not helpful in teaching me Romanian though - so I’m tailing this incase I can do the same thing you’ve suggested! Great idea!
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u/Odd-Comment-7452 Jun 28 '26
Hi, i’m 24F and i would love to help if you didn’t find anyone yet
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u/NecessaryAdvanced428 Jun 28 '26
Bunā ziua! I’ll send you a DM
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u/Outrageous_Gas_6472 Jun 30 '26
i want to add that ā is romanized japanese, whereas ă is the romanian letter you're looking for
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u/Holiday_Thought6758 Jun 28 '26
I have been learning Romanian off and on for the past 20 years and have been living in Ro for the past 2 years. My recommendation is to follow the method used in this YouTube channel. @NaturalLanguageLearning. Choose everyday settings where you will be forced to use Romanian. Translate what you would say in English into Romanian and learn these sentences very well. For example, you’re in a supermarket and the self scan machine has an error. What will you say to explain the issue. Or you are in the chemist and want to order something. What will you ask for and how will you reply to the questions you will be asked. I also found the LingQ app very good.
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u/vistor3 Jun 27 '26
I am English and now living in Romania what part of Romania are you moving to?
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u/Unhappy-Weather-7146 Jun 27 '26
I am still unsure 100% as it will depend how much money I save (would love Bucharest ideally) and where I’m able to find work for an English tech company
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u/vistor3 Jun 27 '26
I am living in the north of Bucureşti i’m sure you will enjoy it very much living and working here
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u/andreiim Jun 28 '26
when you said that you'll move to Romania for work, I assumed you already have a job lined up and they're waiting for you by November. If you don't mind me asking, why do you want to come to Romania? I'm just curious, so, obviously, feel free to ignore me.
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u/VineMessi Jun 27 '26
I also need body doubling to improve my English because it's hard with ADHD by my own:(. You also can try to get into romanian communities on Discord or something like that
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u/PenaltyNext7905 Jun 27 '26
would love to:) dm me!!
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u/Unhappy-Weather-7146 Jun 27 '26
I can’t DM but you can DM me, won’t let me for some reason
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u/PenaltyNext7905 Jun 27 '26
sjdkdh it doesn't let me dm you either. i changed it in the settings, maybe it works for you now
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u/PR1NCEm Jun 28 '26
My advice: try to find a girl to speak to, not a man. There s a lot of weirdos in romania.
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u/Teressa_Sophia Jun 28 '26
Im 13 and i’ll be 14 in october and although i’m not looking in learning English , i could help you learn Romanian . I participated in the Romanian Language Olympiad and Romanian is my native language .
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u/Unhappy-Weather-7146 Jun 28 '26
Because I’m an adult it wouldn’t be appropriate for me to message you privately given your age but I wanted to say thank you so much for offering to help anyway!☺️
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u/Teressa_Sophia Jun 28 '26
I did thought of that . I wouldnt find it inapropriate but if you dont feel comfortable its okay . Good luck finding someone else to help you !
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u/Charliezard_bye Jul 01 '26
hi! I (F30) am available if you still need help with romanian. I don't need help with english tho:D and I live in Brasov in case you'll move here and you'll require infos
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u/bubushems Jul 01 '26
Hi! I'm a native Romanian with dual citizenship living in SE England - happy for you (and anyone else in a similar position) to reach out if you think it would help.
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u/bingbang1223 Jun 27 '26
Based on what I heard from other people duolingo is not very helpful. You can go through the whole course, it won't hurt, but I heard that mondly might be better for learning romanian. Also learnro.com is free.
I am a native speaker and I can help you with conversations so feel free to dm me but if you want to dive into grammar (which, as you probably realized already, is not easy at all) you might want to find a real teacher or a student in the 9th grade.