Words and lemmas
What is a word? Well, I used four words to ask that question, right? But people who create spaced-repetition apps, and create word frequency lists, to learn languages don’t understand…
Romanian vocabulary for biblical reading (B2-C1 level) 2 Corinthians
by Fatca Pop 25 September, 2023 If you can read to B2 level, you still may have trouble understanding the Cornelescu or Romanian Orthodox Bibles. Some of the words in…
Proven Yoga breathing techniques – and others to avoid
When most people think of Yoga, they think of impossible stretches. Others may know of the religious background to yoga. Romanian Mircea Eliade was the first European to study yoga…
Bible words that aren’t used in polite English
Hey Cluj! Hello fellow English learners. So, some of you may be learning English, like me, through self study. We may watch Netflix, or read books, or newspapers, and think…
Learning Hungarian in Cluj
When we mentioned apps to learn Romanian, one of our readers mentioned a desire to learn Hungarian. Classes If you do a quick Google search for live classes of languages…
Did you miss the 20 thousand lei Solar power subsidy?
According to the Bucharest and Iasi based accountancy firm, Expert Mind you could have received up to 20000 lei subsidy for solar energy through the ‘Casa Verde’ program. Their fee…
Academic work sales to become illegal.
When I lived in the UK, there was a big push by the government and universities to help academics, universities, and students “monetize” (or profit from) their academic research. It…
Overcrowding to become illegal
There was an old woman who lived in a shoe. She had so many children, she didn’t know what to do. Well, if that shoe is in Romania, some of…
What do you call a fast food capital in Romanian?
Is Cluj the fast food capital of Romania? Făclia de Cluj called Cluj the “champion” of Romania in fast food on its front page on the 9 January. The residents of…
Cluj Art degrees worth millions
A graduate of the University of Art and Design (UAD) in Cluj, Andrian Ghenie, has sold a painting in Hong Kong for seven million Euros. UAD is supposedly the lowest…