I’m so fed up. I’ve been trying to learn Romanian for close to 20 months (with consistent daily practise) and I don’t even feel like I’m A1

Romanian already has so few resources for learning and I have tried absolutely everything, and yet all the resources are inaccurate, outdated, and so many are plain useless. Youtube videos don’t go in depth, so many Tutors don’t actually seem to understand how to teach, some of the apps (mango, pimsleur) are helpful but still don’t provide much. I’d love to know what resources other people have used/are using

I’m so desperate to learn this language, I’m willing to spend money on quality material and I’m more than willing to dedicate time to learning but I’m stumped and it’s really getting me down with what a loss I’m at right now, can someone please actually help me with direct advice on how you are learning without just suggesting the same 5 things (please don’t suggest anything AI related either)

Edit: A lot of people are suggesting talking to natives! I agree that that is helpful, however for the past 4 years majority of the people I interact with on a daily basis are native speakers, I have visited Romania 18 times. I have been exposed to the language, this just has not been enough & I still feel lost whenever I spend hours in a room with native speakers who cannot speak a word of English, I need something to help me get over that first initial struggle

Trying to learn Romanian and hoping to practice with people familiar with the language.

Hello everyone. If anyone is looking for Romanian tutoring, whether you are improving your skills or completely beginning, please look at this post. I would love to offer help. I’m a native Romanian speaker and have previous experience teaching languages (Spanish and German) to students. I can offer intensive, flexible tutoring adapted to the individual needs of each student - I would also love to just be able to share my culture with you.

Please let me know if interested!

I'm gonna be in brașov for the next two weeks

Are there any good places to learn Romanian ?

Private school/ or just lessons

I'm looking for a place with more people who wanna improve together

Currently I'm A2-B1

Any help would be great

Hey all, a couple months back I posted here sharing a language learning app with Romanian my brother and I made.

We have just greatly expanded our lessons to go to really advanced topics at a C2 level. Still looking for any feedback and what we should work on next.

We're over at r/polychat

We are currently on both iOS and Android

Hey everyone!

I'm planning to enroll in a Rolang intensive A2 course and was wondering if anyone has taken it and would be willing to share their experience.

How was the course overall? Was it well structured? Were the materials sufficient? What did you think of the teaching approach?

Thank you in advance :)

P.S. also thinking if it is worth buying manual from them or just follow free resources.

Hi guys! My husband is from Romanian and we have been married for a little over a year now. I just finished my masters program so now I’m committed to learning the language. His parents and brothers speak English okay and try to speak a lot of English when I’m around but will often default to Romanian because it is just easier sometimes and I really want to be able to understand and communicate with them. We have been together for 3 years now and I have heard it a ton and can get a general understanding of what is being just by being hearing it.
I tried using Duolingo for basic vocab but my husband did not like it because he said the pronunciation was horrible and sentence structure wasn’t the best. I now use Ling which we both like. However, my main way of learning is just hearing and speaking. My husband and I speak everyday, I would say about 15% of the day in Romanian on and off. I can make sentences and try to use present, past, and future tense. My husband says I am doing very well but I just feel so frustrated when learning. I only know English and this is my first time learning another language besides the basic Spanish classes in high school and college.

This is my whiteboard the pink writing is verbs I know pretty well when speaking especially in the eu, tu, el/ea, and noi (we mainly use those right now but I still try to use voi and ei/ele just not as often as of now). Green is my current new verb of the week. And then on the right are just filler words I get confused with. I use them but sometimes I confuse them like this that there so I just have them up in case I’m speaking and forget. I can use multiple verbs in sentences as well like
“Trebuie să merg la magazin” or “îmi place să mănânc supă de pui”
Just as examples of where I am kind of at so we can speak back and forth for basic conversations.

Any tips 😢?

Salut! Sunt dezvoltator de aplicații din România și de ceva vreme mă tot lovesc de aceeași poveste de la cunoscuții plecați: copiii lor înțeleg româna, o vorbesc cu bunicii pe video, dar nu știu să o citească sau să o scrie — pentru că școala o fac în italiană/spaniolă/engleză, iar româna rămâne doar "limba de acasă".

Înainte să mă apuc să construiesc ceva (o aplicație de învățare, gen Duolingo dar pentru copiii care DEJA vorbesc româna și trebuie doar să învețe să o scrie/citească), vreau să înțeleg dacă problema e reală la scară mai mare sau doar în bula mea.

Așa că am două rugăminți:

1. Dacă sunteți părinte în diaspora — cum stă copilul vostru cu româna? Vorbește? Citește? Refuză? Am făcut și un chestionar anonim de 4-5 minute (link în comentarii, ca să respect regulile) care mă ajută enorm să văd imaginea de ansamblu.

2. Dacă VOI ați crescut în diaspora — și mai valoros: ce v-a lipsit? V-ar fi ajutat ceva la 8-10 ani să nu pierdeți limba? Ce a mers și ce nu în familia voastră?

Nu vând nimic, nu există încă niciun produs — s-ar putea nici să nu existe vreodată, dacă aflu că problema nu e reală. Răspund la toate comentariile. Mulțumesc!

​Bună everyone!

​I'm a native Turkish speaker from Turkey, and I've recently started learning Romanian. My Romanian is currently is very, very, very basic but im highly motivated learn the language as my gf will be living there is Romania🥹🫪

​I'm looking for a Romanian speaker who wants to learn or practice Turkish. I also speak English at a pretty fine level so we ca use English to communicate together.

Şimdiden multumesc!

Hello,

Can anyone please help me decipher this male Romanian name written in Romanian Cyrillic (some time before 1820s). I listed a few versions of the name in case it helps.

The first character is what is particularly hard for me to figure out. I think the 2nd character is "d", 3rd is "i", and the 4th is "l". I think the last one might be "ă" (but not 100% on that one). Cursive cyrillic is pretty confusing for me.

Thank you in advance!

I've always found it easier to learn a foreign language through movies, so here you go :)))

Hello I am looking at Germany and Romania to pursue medical residency

I wanted to ask which language is generally considered easier I keep hearing mixed reviews regarding German so I wanted to ask those who know both languages which is considered easier and takes less time to get to B2 as an English speaker.

I recently visited Romania and became totally in love with the country. I want to learn Romanian but I'm a complete beginner. I tried Duolingo but it's confusing for me because it gives no insight into grammar and I feel like I'm just memorising words and phrases. Does anyone have any better alternatives or anything that could help me out? I know literally nothing about the language.

Bună tuturor,
Am primit acest scurt fișier audio în română, dar nu reușesc să înțeleg clar ce se spune. Nu vorbesc româna suficient de bine, iar aplicațiile de traducere nu m-au ajutat prea mult.
M-ar putea ajuta cineva cu o transcriere sau o traducere aproximativă în engleză/franceză?
Mulțumesc mult!

Bună! Sunt 20M din Grecia și învăț română pentru ca iubita mea e româncă. Ar vrea cineva să facem “Language exchange”, Greacă cu Română? Mulțumesc!

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 🙂

I wanna come back to learn romanian but don't know what app can i use

Salut! I am a Romanian software engineer and recently I have been working on a small timed word game. I created a Romanian version to be able to play with my mom, and I thought specifically about this sub, because I think it could be useful to learn new vocabulary.

The idea is that a game has 6 rounds, and in each round you're supposed to guess a word based on a clue. You have a scrambled keypad with 8 letters only, and not all are part of the word. There are some powerups to help you.

I'd be really excited if you tried it and found it useful. I am actively changing and improving the game and would love any feedback.

I guess this does classify as self promotion, and I am sorry if it's not allowed. Feel free to take it down.

It's free, no accounts or anything. You can find the game at: playoverclock.com

To play in Romanian, you have to change the language from the top right before starting the game.

Hello hello !!

I moved here from France about 3 years ago and I've been procrastinating on learning from lack of funds. I mostly speak english but I'd love to start learning to speak romanian fluently now !!! My level is really bad, I roughly know numbers, a bunch of words and the name of a bunch of groceries and foods.

I'll be a serious learner, french is pretty close and overall I think I'm decent at learning languages. I'd love someone who's very straightforward with what i should tackle first, give me stuff to read and translate and force me to have conversations with them, whatever approach is best for a beginner !

In exchange, if you're in bucharest I can make you some pretty neat french pastries and baking in general, I'm an illustrator so I can teach you or your kid how to draw, drawing proper stuff for you is on the table with moderation. I can also make press-on nails ! Worst case I can come clean your house or something I don't know. I'd love a qualified tutor but I know that's a lot to ask to do for free.

Courses and online ressources aren't really an option to look into by myself because I have adhd i'm treating right now and I know I will drop them within days so I'd love to learn with someone passionate or who wants to be friends !

If you need to know anything else feel free to DM me, thanks for reading !!

TLDR: Need someone to teach me romanian. Will learn seriously, I'm a little broke so I can offer baking, press on nails, drawing classes.