I'm Romanian and video it has good information. I just have to tell that there is no region in Romania called "Moldavia", the real name it's the same like our neighbor country Moldova.
@@antonioZaRasFiNaLbOsS When I was a student, I had some colleagues who came through an exchange program and I remember them telling us that Romanians are nice vampires. :))
Blagadaryu Vas for the kind words. I've been to 🇧🇬 too and I loved every day spent there. The people, the Golden Sands hotels, the food, the roads and many more things.
Before the covid i was saving money to travel to Romania, fascinating country, beautifull nature! Unfortunately i will not be going there any tme soon. But some day i will. Greetings from Latvia to all Romanians!
I hope you can make it happen. They have nice and friendly hostels there, if you travel solo I would recommend staying in those, makes the trip more economical than staying in hotels or apartments.
I'm from Ukraine, currently live in Romania, I love it. I like that a lot of things can be done via internet, even you can buy groceries from Auchan or Kaufland sitting home and they would deliver groceries to you for very affordable price. Also mobile and home internet are cheap comparing to EU countries. The only thing i didn't like is lots of cars and hard times finding a parking place though the situation is much better than in Italy thank God. Generally, the country is nice to live in. People know English better than me so it's not hard to communicate.
The problem with the traffic in Bucharest is that the city wasn't envisioned to support such a big population. It should have been adapted to modern times, but these revisions are coming at a slower pace than we would have wanted. Also, fun fact. Bucharest has its history tied to Vlad Tepes, since it was used as a base for him in order to fight The Ottoman Empire. The most important city at the time was thought to be Targoviste, which nowadays is a small town.
Schengen is not "passport-free" but "border control free". Romanians already don't need passports to travel in the EU - we can travel by ID card alone.
@@Quetzalcoatlus_Lawson because of the humiliation they inflicted ! I would quit Schengen and buy all the Austrian companies + i would stop all the trucks that want to go to Austria and check them for 6h one truck until they beg us to join the Schengen zone.
@@cafta Romania loses 10 billion € for each year outside of Schengen. Joining it should still be out too priority instead of these kiddy tantrums. No amount of pride should stop us from joining Schengen. The solution is diplomacy, not these thoughtless, emotion-driven actions. These protests would hurt us more then it would Austria. We're also both in EU, we can't act like pirates at the first inconvenience, we'll only lose from this while Austria loses nothing, we'll become a second Hungary. Act instead with your wallet, stop supporting Austrian companies and boycott them.
@@ert5585 do you realize that romanians pay a big price for not being in schengen? Have you seen the truck waiting lines at the border? This waiting has a cost that you pay in higher prices and lower wages then if this border checks didnt exist It litteraly makes romanian exports not competitive,why would anyone buy Romanian made products that take 10 days to arrive when they can buy made in germany that arrives the same day? You need to start using your brain if you have any
We have a new sports star: David Popovici, who broke the world record at 100m freestyle swimming in 2022. He is only 18 years old, so watch out for more performances from him.
No Romanian or Moldavian uses the word Moldavia. Both the Romanian Moldova and the republic of Moldova, we call Moldova. (Romanians sometime call the republic of Moldova as Basarabia). But the word Moldavia does not exist in our language.
Exista denumirea asta in hrisoavele vechi care descriau tinutul Moldavia de pe timpul lui Bogdan I. Dar chiar si atunci era denumita asa de catre cei din afara, nu de catre cei din interiorul granitelor. Ma rog, granitele care abia se stabileau pe la 1100-1200, in forma in care le stim acum.
@@janteo1 Moladavia is the English adaptation of Moldova. It is like me saying Polonia instead of Poland, or Anglia instead of England. The word Anglia never existed in English.
@@vladmatei1958 it's called an exonym if i recall corectly, but it's funny cause the example you used is wrong, Anglia does exist in english, there is a region called East Anglia in, you guessed it, east of England. actually the people of england were first called anglo-saxons
Yeah, Romanians🇹🇩 are hardly mentioned in our Latin families, same as Equatorial Guinea 🇬🇶 and Moldova 🇲🇩 but y'all will always be our Latin Brother's and sister's. 🇵🇷💖🇹🇩
@@MathewCO720 cuando Traian a luchado para conquistar Dacia a llamado a los dacos(los rumanos) hermanos. Los del imperio romano no necesitaban traductor para comunicar con los dacos de Dacia. Se llamaban hermanos. Pero los dacos era pacificos y justos no como los romanos. Los dacos querian solamente vivir en paz. De hecho el idioma de los dacos era posiblemente aun mas antiguo que el antiguo latino. Ahora los sud americanos han sido cambiados por los espanoles que no son mas latinos de ninguna forma que los rumanos. Los rumanos son de verdaderos latinos orientales de Europa y son latinos de mas de 2500 anos. El idioma de Dacia no ha podido ser cambiado en solamente 185 anos de ocupacion teniendo en cuemta que solamente el sud de Rumania actual(20%) a sido controlado por el imperio romano debido a los pueblos migratorios de Asia. La existentia de Rumania es un milagro istorico muy raro en Europa debido a los 3 grades imperios( austro-hungaro, ruso, otomano) que querian comer cada uno parte de su teritorio. Espero que le he ayudado. Perdona las faltas pero a esta hora solo el mensage cuenta🙂
@Alisalih Sarı I am Latino , heritage Taino , Black (West Africa), and White , Iberian (Portuguese and Spaniards). Iberian peninsula are descendants of Latin people from the Roman Empire and more as it was known as Hispania when the Roman took it over from the Carthaginian Empire.
Ah yes, amazing production indeed! Even the country name and cities nailed. The video is definitely not another bland transcribed version of the wiki page.
FUN FACT: "Romanian preserved the Latin case system and grammar while the other Romance languages developed prepositions and dropped the case system entirely. This means Romanian is the closest language to Latin in terms of grammar. It's impossible to communicate the Latin vocative case in Italian, but when a Romanian hears "et tu brute" they know exactly how Caeser meant it(or Shakespeare rather). Other people who hear Romanian think it sounds closest to Latin. To me Italian sounds quite effeminate with its "o" endings. Romanian is the only romance language that still maintains a masculine and authoritative sound like Latin does. The case declensions in Romanian are inherited directly from Latin. Example of Latin case declension: Latin: intelligimus linguA RomaniAE Romanian: Intelegem limbA RomaniEI Italian: capiamo LA lingua DELLA Romania" @UlpianHeritor
I appreciate your commentary. The exposure of South Slavs to the cultural influences of Eastern Roman empire in first milenium AD with creation of Old Slavonic from south Slavic dialects made entrance of influences from Latin grammar and case declension to modern south Slavic languages (bul. serb. cro.) denoting also former speakers of Latin like Romanians but having mostly different vocabulary. The line of influences in time is Old Slavonic to Medieval Bulgarian ( first Bul. Emp. having Latin speakers as subjects ) to Rus./Belorus/Ukr. etc ( after 800 AD). See theory "Sprachbund" (" language federation")- Wikipedia. It reflects a reality of first milenium AD in Eastern Europe of ad-hoc federations more or less consensual of sedentary populations and migratory tribes going sedentary trying to emulate East. Roman Empire. Best regards.
De fapt conform specialistilor, dialectul sardinian e cel mai apropiat de limba latina. Urmeaza limba italiana si apoi limba romana. Totusi locul 3 este impresionant avand in vedere ca am fost inconjurati de slavi timp de sute de ani...
@@adigheju7921 lingvistul Mario Pei a zis asta. Dar el sa referit numai la pronuntie. Romana e mai aproape de latina decat sardiniana la gramatica. Si Sardiniana nu e un dialect, este o limba.
I'm Romanian and i recently moved to Italy to make Italia Roman again, around 1/20 people in italy are romanians :)) I would like seeing this kind of video also with Italy 🥰
This combo doesn’t exist brother As a Romanian I’m pretty sure that you’re Hungarian/Roma who is born in Romania 🇷🇴 I’m not against you guys Hungarians or Roma but let’s be clear ,you’re not a Romanian !
In WW2 Romanian joined the axis because Russia invaded Romania and carved Half of Moldova region, witch is now republic of Moldova (they carved Poland, Finland and the Baltics) and when payed back, they played the victim, as if they never invaded in the first place.
@@gundabalf one little correction: we joined the Axis ''after '' the Vienna Diktat(1940) and the Ribbentrop-Molotov pact(1939) whilst Romania having a '''royal dictatorship'' that ended up with the abdication and fleeing of King Carol II. Then the fascists really came in power and the primary solution of the Marshall Antonescu was to get back the eastern parts( Basarabia and Bucovina) from the russians by helping the nazis in their 1941 invasion of USSR. The outcome was in the end that we got back Transilvania not Moldova and had ''the poisoned blessing'' of 42 years of communism.
@@gaborrab4785 do not start this my magyar friend...get over it. What wasn't yours in the first place isn''t stolen but just restored. ;) Remember 1919- we saved Hungary from an early form of communism .
@@MrKayowas85 restore to Romania which didn’t exist before? Or what do you mean? Both Wallachia and Moldavia came to be many centuries after Hungary did. Or restoring Dacia province? Let’s recreate the Roman Empire!
Moldova and Moldavia are the same thing. The eastern Moldova, after being taken by Russians was renamed as Basarabia. The real Basarabia was the southern part of the East Moldova (mostly now in Ukraine). Also, the portion that you named Transilvania is composed by more regions than Transilvania itself, like Maramures, and Banat.
You got yourself a new subscriber! 🇷🇴 Also, to future turists, if you come over without visiting Maramureș, you're missing out! It's one of the last places in Europe where traditions and "the old ways" are kept. Stunningly beutiful as well, located in the Northern part of the Carpathian ridge. Happy travels! 😊
Yes, some here. Seeing what it research and the quality of information I trust that the other countries that will presented will be as accurate. It is always a + to discover things about other cultures.
Romania is a country that is really beautiful if you go on tours and visit the beautiful scenery. What's interesting is that it's like a condensed Europe when it comes to natural beauties. You have delta's, canyons, glacier, caves, rolling vine hills, rocky mountains, sprawling forests and seaside. Mostly this is due to the fact that the country geography is made up of fields, hills and mountain in equal parts.
@@Opencube12 yeah, so it was resentment. Mind you, if you indeed are over it, as you claimed, you wouldn't be bothered to even watch this video, yet alone reply to comments. It's the equivalent of being over your ex, but continue to stalk her on social media and sending her hate messages from time to time. Anyway. It's important you do what makes you happy. I hope that what you say is true and that you are really happy. Best of luck!
The name of the Apuseni mountains actually means 'Sunset-ies' or something like that. 'Apus' in Romanian means sunset, 'Apuseni' are 'those that are at the sunset'. Sunset is at west *AND 'apus' is synonym with west* indeed, but the word means *in its genesis* the sun action not the geographical direction. Thanks for the presentation! Thanks to BND, Wallachia, Cristi Vidrascu for insisting on the fact that 'apus' and 'vest' are otherwise synonyms for those who didn't already knew that and thanks Ana Munteanu for pointing where my translation failed to do proper justice.
False! In the traditional Romanian speech (where the name of the mountains derives from), Apus means "West". The modern Romanian words "Vest" and "occident" are neologisms, so "Munții Apuseni" always meant "Western Mountains", IT INDICATES GEOGRAPHICAL DIRECTION! Even today we have things such as the "Autostrada răsăritului" (Sunrise Highway/Eastern Highway). There's even "miazăzi" (midday/South) and "miazănoapte" (midnight/North) People who live in the city are incredibly out of touch with the true meaning of words, what I mentioned above is still used everywhere outside of Bucharest, please learn!
@@wallachia4797 I'm not from Bucharest darling. I know geographical directions, I know what the word means. I was talking about something deeper than that - how the word is actually composed. I'm not gonna argue over it, we're both(all) right, thanks for your explanation, together it will help someone that actually does not know romanian understand better how these words are composed and used in our language. I, myself, use 'rasarit' and 'apus' more often than 'est' and 'vest'(almost not at all miazazi and miazanoapte-but seldom) to point directions. And almost all the time when I speak about sunrise or sunset. Peace!
As a Romanian national I found your video very well informed and on point. I'm really happy that I see more and more videos on YT about my home country and they are actually factually correct in presenting it. Thank you. I knew that Romania has very high internet speeds, but I actually didn't know they have the highest speeds in Europe. That's awesome.
04:54 - I dare to contradict you: it peaks frequently at 37 degrees Celsius, sometimes even going over 40 in summer. This is especially true for the plains in the western and southern part of our country (Romanian here).
Nice video and pretty thorough, seen some things I wasn't expecting, congrats! I would have just a small thing to criticize. I can imagine it would be a huge pain in the rear to get it properly for every country but great journalists try and pronounce the names as close as possible to how they are spoken. I'm always blown away when sports commentators correctly pronounce the names of the players.
I am Romanian. I love Romania ❤! Thank you for your efforts to describe in a few minutes documentary ROMÂNIA, my country, which I am proud of. Yes, although many migratory tribes (slavs, huns, gepids, goths, cumans, sarmatians, tatars, mongols, otomans) ransacked our country and after that Empires tried to force us become one of theirs, we stood still and fought back and protected our dacian legacy (you would be surprised by what a longevity had the dacians, as an united people, they were the ones that amazed the roman emperors and teached them a lesson not to forget at Tapae (2 times) and in a Daco-Roman first war (the roman occupation was between 116 - 271 - Dacia (Felix) Romana it was called but that is not to be considered a conquest but rather a way of living in peace and sharing the roman and dacian cultures for about 150 years! After Roman retreat, DACII have been ravaged by the barbarian tribes in swift raids. In the 1200-1300s they established boundaries of Transilvania, Munteania (Wallachia) and Moldova. But there were so many longings for these three principals (PRINCIPATE) that this land's conquest was one of the most important missions the Europe rulers had. If you owned these states you could easily be acknowledged as the king ruler. As such, Mihai Viteazul (Michael the Brave) had united these three rich little "countries" under one command in 1600, but then he lost the territorries because the greek secret mission of Eteria killed him and this led to an unexpectedly outcome. Then the fanariots came in 1700's and the land was in turmoil and rulership instability due to the otoman conquests and expanding politics of other empires. And after that, the 1848 Revolution came across Europe, these small regions taking part to it, too. The reason they fought for was the freeing of peasant slaves (called "iobagi"), and independent ownership of the land. Alexandru Ioan Cuza reunites 2 of 3 territories back again (Wallachia and Moldova) in 1859 and then, for the first time in history, Romania will have a Constitution , in 1866, under the reign of Charles the 1st of Romania. The modern ROMANIAN STATE was established in 1918, 1st of December, after the First World War, when Transilvania (subdued until then to the Austro-Hungarian Empire) was declared an independent region (and so called Basarabia, the Moldova beyond Prut river). It was the time that the three main regions united and ROMANIA WAS RECOGNIZED AS ONE INDEPENDENT STATE🟦🟨🟥 ruled by a monarch and his Parliament, then, in 1965 by a communist Dictator (Nicolae Ceausescu), and after the 1989 Revolution, by democratic presidents. So, we, as Romanians had to fight a lot for safekeeping our country borders and to preserve our ethnic legacy, despite the empires, tribes and rulers that we had to fight against. We are located in a most strategic point across Europe and this was the main reason some of the countries battled for gaining access to our land resources and serving our geo-political status as a shelter against other peoples.
As a Romanian I suggest you to visit our country. It has beautiful mountains and I can assure you that there are no vampires arround. My favorite City is Brașov. It has a lot of mountains and it’s one of the biggest cities in the country. Anytime you want to visit our country we will guest you with lots of love! - Robert from Romania
We have a beautiful country, I promise you. We expect and respect you here. You'll find good and healthy food, great wines, beautiful landscapes. Our mountains are breathtaking. Literally breathtaking; you need to be well trained and equiped if you want to climb up our Transylvanian Alps (the Carpathians). The Back Sea shore is both modern and wild in some remote places. People are hospitable and a lot of us do speak French and English. Definitely they do this better than me. Welcome to Romania! 🇹🇩 ❤s the World.
If you want the best massif mountain experience and not too much effort, Piatra Craiului is Heaven. I recommend camping or staying at a cabin in the area of Plaiul Foii. Camping areas are cheap and they include some facilities (like running water with sink for example).
Great video! Romania is the undiscovered diamond of Europe. Moldova was part of Romania before WW2, we have a similar culture, same history and language.
You should revise a bit the Transylvania part with the Hungarians. You made it as it belongs to them at this point. And for pronunciation you can use google translate voice over Romanian, they pretty accurate
so I'm going to address this because I see a few romanians attempting to correct the thing about Vlad. Dracul, back in those times, did mean dragon. Vlad's dad ( also Vlad ) was given the title Dracul from the order of the dragon ( from Ladislav of Hungary, although I'm definitely spelling that wrong ), making Vlad the Impaler "son of the dragon". In time, the meaning of dracul became "devil", but that's a more modern interpretation of the word. also, we don't really have the word "moldavian". we call the region of romania that in English is Moldovia as Moldova , and the country of Moldova simply as rep of Moldova ( or Bessarabia ). I won't go in the historical context of why the Republic of Moldova is a separate country, but mainly is has to do with Stalin being a prick.
Actually the meaning of drac comes from Latin and the meaning of it is not only dragon. Bad spirit, imaginary entity, wicked, lucifer, snake, and also dragon. But the main description of it we can say is "the devil".
Good video! One correction though… Ioan does NOT start with a lowercase L, but an uppercase i. Its pronunciation would be more like Yoan. It's the Romanian form of the Italian name Giovanni.
The graphics are great but unfortunately there are too many inaccuracies (without even mentioning the pronunciation). The Moldavia vs Moldova distinction is incorrect, the Austro Hungarian and Russian Empires didn't exist in the Middle Ages, nor did they rule parts of Romania (Russia's first foray into the territory was in 1812), etc. Many images are not from Romania, etc.
we have to add, that they have exceptionally good musicians in the electronic music genre, more specific Minimal House and now a genre of itself, Rominimal.
Great video bro 🥰👍. Only mistake would be that only in Romania is true Moldova and not " Moldavia " . Rep of Moldova is romanian state and can share the name Moldova, but the main heart of historical Moldova is in Romania and we cant call it " Moldavia " .But except this your video was exception 👍👍👍👍🤝🤝
Moldavia and Moldova are the same thing ! In fact, the part in Romania is Western Moldova or Moldova of the West, and the part in Republic of Moldova is Eastern Moldova or Moldova of the East. The idea of a different nation in Republic of Moldova is just a KGB project and they "change" the history.
I am glad that there is this interesting Romanian language and not Slavic everywhere. I am Polish. May everyone live peacefully and happily in Romania.
You forgot to mention two things. 1. Romanians can learn other romance languages much faster,than lets say, an italian learning romanian. 2. The romanization process done by the romans was so , lets say , brutal, that romanian is the 3rd language closest to ancient latin, the first two being sicilian and italian. So yeah, a country surrounded by slavs and hunic people groups is closer to latin than spanish,catalan and portuguese.
Well the true is other. The romanization never have be done,it whas imposible,because romans conquer 25 procent of land ocupated by dacians(getae) and only for 165 years. Why romanian it is so close whit latin??? Because they are sisters. The dacians language whas a traco iliro language so it is now romanian language. Mihai Vinereanu it is lingvist and in his works(books) demonstrated and show that. Look what they say on Vatican abaut romanian language and his origins. ua-cam.com/video/mU203ufRPpw/v-deo.html
That "brutal" Romanization was not brutal at all. Dacian, Albanian and Latin were the same as the Romance languages today. They were of the same people, it ain't rocket science :). Look for Ovid's writings there are and quit making ignorant statements.
@@metalassassin8841 I have studied Ovid’s writings and after being exiled to Constanta, he remarked that the Dacian language was so foreign to Latin that it was painful for him to even hear it being spoken. So i’m not sure what you're talking about, but maybe you should study actual history instead of regurgitating dacopathic propaganda.
Dracul este de la ordinul Dragonului.Desi nu se poate dovedi ca a fost un membru a acestui ordin înființat de Sigismund al Ungariei si rege al Germaniei,oamenii din acele timpuri ii spunea Vlad Dracul (dracu in acele vremuri insemnand dragon, nu diavol),datorita apartenentei lui la ordin,el fiind denumit dupa apartenenta lui ca si cavaler.
Nice video, that was a nice overview! You may want to double check some of your facts (dracul doesn't translate as dragon) and have a closer look at pronunciations (some of them are way off even by usual standards of foreigners trying to pronounce them) for future videos on different countries. You're doing a good job, keep up the good work!
tatal lui tepes facea parte din ordinul dragonului. de acolo vine supranumele de vlad 'dracul'. si, mai departe, din punctul asta a luat conotatia pe care o are si acum.
@@Kitty-cc9gf It is close because in time, ITA turned into IDA and later on in history to the simple version of DA. This has become a know fact on the definition for yes. There is no country who has ever switched on of the most basic words in their vocabulary with something borrowed from another language. If this would have been the case, do tell me please, why the version for no is "nu" (closer to "no" in IT, FR, ES) and not "ne" (bulgarian) or "niet" (russian)
@@serbanhv9338 de unde dracu ar avea mă ucrainienii și rușii cuvântul "da" dacă nu ar fi slavic? Nu e mai logic că dacă slavii au migrat la noi ci nu inves noi să fi luat cuvântul de la ei? 99% cuvântul e slavic, că nu vă place vouă să credeți e altă poveste!🤦♂️🤦♂️🤦♂️
Da frate, suntem singurii nebuni de pe planeta asta care am preluat cel mai de baza raspuns pozitiv de la un popor migrator... Inainte sa vina slavii noi nu stiam sa zicem "da". Noroc cu ei. Si inca o chestie, de ce nu am preluat "da"-ul de la cumani care au stat mai mult pe teritoriul nostru decat slavii?
I spent 3 months in Romania in 2022. It's a very beautiful country with lots of great food. The people are very nice and friendly too. Craziest drivers I've ever seen though
Your last words : "we just scratched the surface" ... you got that right :) There are a lot more detailed stuff to cover but at least you did not said bad things about us or our country, for that I thank you.
Great video! Maybe you should find a romanian friend to help you correct the errors here and there. Otherwise, the video is on point and detailed enough to help people everywhere learn about Romania. Thank you for putting in the effort into making this.
I've been to Romania twice. My biggest travel regret EVER, is that I didn't drive further into the country from Timisoara, to visit the Dracula castle in Bran. It's over 400 km each way which is why I decided against it, but damn I regret not doing it. I've also been to Constanta, I took a day trip up there when on vacation in Golden Sands, Bulgaria. Beautiful old square on the top of the hill (by the cathedral), but the rest of it wasn't much to talk about. Quite a lot of old buildings that are simply falling apart with no one doing anything about it.
I would honestly recomend brasov for romanian trips as its in the middle of the country if you rent a car and want to explore a lot of the country Of course you will probably land in bucharest
In Romania no-one was "forced assimilated" but a lot of jews are having foreign names to cover a non romanian identity because they prefer to look like being just a few even if they are controlling all the social, political and economic important positions. My comment was short for the people who all ready know what I meant. Otherwise we are very proud for his achievements and his exemplary education attitude and behaviour. Many of them are "more romanian" than the romanians.
Forgot to tell the inventions that came from Romania First oil factory ever build First europe city to be lighted with electricity and gas. Father of cibernetic, nowadays ( computers ) odobreja Fountain pen was invented in here Jet engine by Henri Coanda Reaction engine used by rockets 3d movies Modern car design by Aurel Persu Insuline Cd-rom Romania has shaped the modern age
So, I like how a Romanian leader made an order so famous. ‘Order of the Dragon was a society and was given to the leaders of that time for bravery acts, Vlad received for fights against Ottoman Empire, and because of him and his cousin that was helped during the siege of Belgrade, all the churches from Poland to Western Europe are having the tradition to ring them at 12 when the battle had begin more then 550 years ago.
A report produced in a professional manner, in which the main important historical, cultural and economic elements of Romania are highlighted, leaving aside the pronunciation of Romanian words that were done in a deficient way (it was understandable). I can declare myself satisfied with this succinct but very objective presentation of Romania.👌👍
The trues is that romans spoke a similar language to dacians. The Spanish linguist Carme Jimenez Huertas spoke about the fact that the Romanian language, along with the other Romance languages, is not born from Latin and that Romanization is only a story for the naive. The theory that the Romanians are the descendants of Rome was imposed by the luminaries of the Ardelene School, Greek-Catholic intellectuals educated by the Vatican in Jesuit schools: Petru Maior, Samuil Micu, Gheorghe Șincai and Ion Budai Deleanu in 1848. We where called Dacians until 1800. Even Pope called Michael the Brave "Malus Dacus" in 1600. The conclusion is that the official history of Romania is based on false theories. The Roman occupation lasted from 105 to 275 CE, i.e. 170 years and only on a limited territory. Consequently, how could the Dacians be Romanized and acquire the Latin language, if only a third of their territory was occupied by the Romans. Moreover, the Roman occupation lasted only 170 years, much less than in Gaul and Britain, and the English do not speak a Latin language, and Welsh is still popularly spoken in some regions of rural France. Same in Palestine and Egipt. Transylvania was occupied by the Austrians from 1700 to 1918, i.e. 218 years and Transylvanian Romanians do not speak German either at home or on the street, maybe only the students from a high school. The Basarabians were occupied by the Russians for 200 years, but they speak Romanian in their families. So the idea of Romanization of Dacia, territorially occupied by only one third of Rome, falls from the point of view of simple historical logic. Miceal Ledwith, confidant of Pope John Paul II and the man who had access to all the secret documents in the Vatican library, recently made a statement that shocked the academic world and beyond. He declared that cultured Latin derives from the ancient Romanian language, not the other way around, as was believed until now! In an interview given to the television station TVR Cluj, in December 2012, Miceal Ledwith, former adviser to Pope John Paul II, one of the people who had access to the 230 kilometers of bookshelves in the Vatican library archive and former member of the International Theological Commission, made a shocking statement: "Even if it is known that Latin is the official language of the Catholic Church, as well as the language of the Roman Empire, and the Romanian language is a Latin language, fewer people know that the Romanian language, or its precursor, comes from the place from which the Latin language is derived, and not the other way around!!! The Roman emperor Trajan considered himself a descendant of the Thracians who, after the conquest of Troy by the Greeks, took refuge in Italy. Dacians where Thracians too ansd spoke the same language. We Romanians should be aware of what "treasures" we have inherited, both material but especially spiritual, moral and sacred values, which our ancestors preserved and bequeathed to the next generations! We have all these values in the form of a "loan" from future generations! Let's stand with our "heads up" in the world, let's not allow ourselves to be denigrated by the "game" of the detractors!
Transylvania was occupied by the Austrians from 1700 to 1918, Newer heard of that ?Austrians? Sever inferiority complexity What about this? Now or never let us give proof to the world That in these veins Roman blood still flows, That in our chests we hold a name with pride, Victorious in battles, the name of Trajan! Did the Vatican told you say this? (Roman blood) "Dacians where Thracians too" Of course every body is Dacians. Then way don't you call your self Dacians,instead Romanian.I know it was imposed by the luminaries🤭 We where called Dacians until 1800 by whom? So the Latin language is derived,Romanian language, 🤔🤗
Great video! I'm glad you mentioned that Romania is a Latin country, although nowadays it is mostly associated with Slavic countries. Our language is definitely related to both parties.
Don’t miss watching our video about Moldova here! 😁🇲🇩: ua-cam.com/video/GqvdGQaxw9g/v-deo.html
dracul is not dragon )) dracul is devil.
I'm Romanian and video it has good information.
I just have to tell that there is no region in Romania called "Moldavia", the real name it's the same like our neighbor country Moldova.
I live in Romania. Thank you for the video💗
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Yang gentlemen is something call phonetic language, you can use to pronounce words you can not pronounce.
I've been living in Romania for the past 500 years and I've never seen one single vampire my whole life.
Hahah this one made me laugh 😂
I went to the castle and asked many people older than that if they saw a vampire and they all said no.
@@antonioZaRasFiNaLbOsS When I was a student, I had some colleagues who came through an exchange program and I remember them telling us that Romanians are nice vampires. :))
@@CortiBeats Wait! So, not everyone is able to morph into bats whenever they want?
@@antonioZaRasFiNaLbOsS unfortunately, we can do that only during the night 😂
Romanians are our best neighbours. I love Romania and greetings from Bulgaria. Have been there many times! ❤
Blagadaryu Vas for the kind words. I've been to 🇧🇬 too and I loved every day spent there. The people, the Golden Sands hotels, the food, the roads and many more things.
Same, we visit Bulgaria every year for ski and sun :)
helll yeah brother,one nation after all!
Greetings mate🇷🇴🇧🇬
respect bulgaria
no respect for hungary
Before the covid i was saving money to travel to Romania, fascinating country, beautifull nature! Unfortunately i will not be going there any tme soon. But some day i will. Greetings from Latvia to all Romanians!
All the best from România to Latvia ( or like we say it in romanian ) Letonia! 💙 .
I would love to see Latvia but as you say, I will not be going there any time soon. 😂
I hope you can make it happen. They have nice and friendly hostels there, if you travel solo I would recommend staying in those, makes the trip more economical than staying in hotels or apartments.
W Letonia!
you're welcome to come anytime you want 💌
I'm from Ukraine, currently live in Romania, I love it. I like that a lot of things can be done via internet, even you can buy groceries from Auchan or Kaufland sitting home and they would deliver groceries to you for very affordable price. Also mobile and home internet are cheap comparing to EU countries. The only thing i didn't like is lots of cars and hard times finding a parking place though the situation is much better than in Italy thank God. Generally, the country is nice to live in. People know English better than me so it's not hard to communicate.
Slava Ukrayni,gheroiam slava ot rumynskogo pravoslavnogo brata!!!
the traffic is only a problem in bucharest ,the rest are manageble if you dont decide to drive in rush hour
take care in traffic ;D
You sometimes go to lidl?
The problem with the traffic in Bucharest is that the city wasn't envisioned to support such a big population. It should have been adapted to modern times, but these revisions are coming at a slower pace than we would have wanted.
Also, fun fact. Bucharest has its history tied to Vlad Tepes, since it was used as a base for him in order to fight The Ottoman Empire. The most important city at the time was thought to be Targoviste, which nowadays is a small town.
I'm Romanian and it's awesome to see my beautiful country explained to the world. Kudos!
Buna!
Ai un nume de familie foarte frumos, al Sfantului Mare Mucenic si Tamaduitor Pantelimon!
@@Catalin06 buna
Where did you find a word like “kudos” in Romania?😂😂😂
@@alexandragiosanu4923 Bună!
@@BossPresident, so im guessing as a romanian i cant know what kudos means?
Schengen is not "passport-free" but "border control free". Romanians already don't need passports to travel in the EU - we can travel by ID card alone.
Yep, and to be honest, i don't want us to join schengen ;)
@@ert5585 Why?
@@Quetzalcoatlus_Lawson because of the humiliation they inflicted ! I would quit Schengen and buy all the Austrian companies + i would stop all the trucks that want to go to Austria and check them for 6h one truck until they beg us to join the Schengen zone.
@@cafta Romania loses 10 billion € for each year outside of Schengen. Joining it should still be out too priority instead of these kiddy tantrums. No amount of pride should stop us from joining Schengen.
The solution is diplomacy, not these thoughtless, emotion-driven actions. These protests would hurt us more then it would Austria.
We're also both in EU, we can't act like pirates at the first inconvenience, we'll only lose from this while Austria loses nothing, we'll become a second Hungary.
Act instead with your wallet, stop supporting Austrian companies and boycott them.
@@ert5585 do you realize that romanians pay a big price for not being in schengen? Have you seen the truck waiting lines at the border? This waiting has a cost that you pay in higher prices and lower wages then if this border checks didnt exist
It litteraly makes romanian exports not competitive,why would anyone buy Romanian made products that take 10 days to arrive when they can buy made in germany that arrives the same day? You need to start using your brain if you have any
As sicilian , my brothers are oltenians ... 😎
We are👍👍👍 I thought this connection would only linguist know.
Especially from Craiova, am I right?
Valahia o Terranova 👍
Oltenia is Sicily except more 5 euro knock-off katana swords (I'm talking to you Craiova.) and slightly less mafia
Craiovenii astia ))
We have a new sports star: David Popovici, who broke the world record at 100m freestyle swimming in 2022. He is only 18 years old, so watch out for more performances from him.
Romania is great. I loved it there when I visited last year. Definitely going back .
As a Romanian, I feel proud to hear such lovely words.
God bless you
No Romanian or Moldavian uses the word Moldavia. Both the Romanian Moldova and the republic of Moldova, we call Moldova. (Romanians sometime call the republic of Moldova as Basarabia). But the word Moldavia does not exist in our language.
no longer exists*
Exista denumirea asta in hrisoavele vechi care descriau tinutul Moldavia de pe timpul lui Bogdan I. Dar chiar si atunci era denumita asa de catre cei din afara, nu de catre cei din interiorul granitelor. Ma rog, granitele care abia se stabileau pe la 1100-1200, in forma in care le stim acum.
@@janteo1 Moladavia is the English adaptation of Moldova.
It is like me saying Polonia instead of Poland, or Anglia instead of England. The word Anglia never existed in English.
@@vladmatei1958 it's called an exonym if i recall corectly, but it's funny cause the example you used is wrong, Anglia does exist in english, there is a region called East Anglia in, you guessed it, east of England. actually the people of england were first called anglo-saxons
Și “dracul” = “dragon” 😂
Yeah, Romanians🇹🇩 are hardly mentioned in our Latin families, same as Equatorial Guinea 🇬🇶 and Moldova 🇲🇩 but y'all will always be our Latin Brother's and sister's.
🇵🇷💖🇹🇩
Latin and Latin american is not the same
@@dragusinstan1234 please explain
@@MathewCO720 cuando Traian a luchado para conquistar Dacia a llamado a los dacos(los rumanos) hermanos. Los del imperio romano no necesitaban traductor para comunicar con los dacos de Dacia.
Se llamaban hermanos. Pero los dacos era pacificos y justos no como los romanos. Los dacos querian solamente vivir en paz.
De hecho el idioma de los dacos era posiblemente aun mas antiguo que el antiguo latino.
Ahora los sud americanos han sido cambiados por los espanoles que no son mas latinos de ninguna forma que los rumanos. Los rumanos son de verdaderos latinos orientales de Europa y son latinos de mas de 2500 anos. El idioma de Dacia no ha podido ser cambiado en solamente 185 anos de ocupacion teniendo en cuemta que solamente el sud de Rumania actual(20%) a sido controlado por el imperio romano debido a los pueblos migratorios de Asia.
La existentia de Rumania es un milagro istorico muy raro en Europa debido a los 3 grades imperios( austro-hungaro, ruso, otomano) que querian comer cada uno parte de su teritorio.
Espero que le he ayudado.
Perdona las faltas pero a esta hora solo el mensage cuenta🙂
@@MathewCO720 you are not Latin
@Alisalih Sarı I am Latino , heritage Taino , Black (West Africa), and White , Iberian (Portuguese and Spaniards). Iberian peninsula are descendants of Latin people from the Roman Empire and more as it was known as Hispania when the Roman took it over from the Carthaginian Empire.
As a Romanian, I clicked immediately. Great job! This is amazing.
Thanks a lot for those kind words! And I'm glad you enjoyed it 😀
Ah yes, amazing production indeed! Even the country name and cities nailed. The video is definitely not another bland transcribed version of the wiki page.
@@CountriesExplained Next time try to actually search how the words in romanian are pronounced. Butvery good video tho
@@comediavietii1245 🙏😁
@@dElChapuliun a pronuntat destul de bine pentru un strain
I absolutely loved my time in Romania back in 2009. Wonderful people, an interesting culture and beautiful landscapes.
FUN FACT:
"Romanian preserved the Latin case system and grammar while the other Romance languages developed prepositions and dropped the case system entirely.
This means Romanian is the closest language to Latin in terms of grammar.
It's impossible to communicate the Latin vocative case in Italian, but when a Romanian hears "et tu brute" they know exactly
how Caeser meant it(or Shakespeare rather).
Other people who hear Romanian think it sounds closest to Latin. To me Italian sounds quite effeminate with its "o" endings.
Romanian is the only romance language that still maintains a masculine and authoritative sound like Latin does.
The case declensions in Romanian are inherited directly from Latin.
Example of Latin case declension:
Latin: intelligimus linguA RomaniAE
Romanian: Intelegem limbA RomaniEI
Italian: capiamo LA lingua DELLA Romania" @UlpianHeritor
I always find it flattering when people find my comments and copy/paste them in other videos. 😊
I appreciate your commentary. The exposure of South Slavs to the cultural influences of Eastern Roman empire in first milenium AD with creation of Old Slavonic from south Slavic dialects made entrance of influences from Latin grammar and case declension to modern south Slavic languages (bul. serb. cro.) denoting also former speakers of Latin like Romanians but having mostly different vocabulary. The line of influences in time is Old Slavonic to Medieval Bulgarian ( first Bul. Emp. having Latin speakers as subjects ) to Rus./Belorus/Ukr. etc ( after 800 AD). See theory "Sprachbund" (" language federation")- Wikipedia. It reflects a reality of first milenium AD in Eastern Europe of ad-hoc federations more or less consensual of sedentary populations and migratory tribes going sedentary trying to emulate East. Roman Empire. Best regards.
De fapt conform specialistilor, dialectul sardinian e cel mai apropiat de limba latina. Urmeaza limba italiana si apoi limba romana.
Totusi locul 3 este impresionant avand in vedere ca am fost inconjurati de slavi timp de sute de ani...
@@adigheju7921 lingvistul Mario Pei a zis asta. Dar el sa referit numai la pronuntie. Romana e mai aproape de latina decat sardiniana la gramatica. Si Sardiniana nu e un dialect, este o limba.
@@ionelghiorghita688 that video is absurd. Stop linking to propaganda.
They're both called Moldova in Romanian
I'm Romanian and i recently moved to Italy to make Italia Roman again, around 1/20 people in italy are romanians :))
I would like seeing this kind of video also with Italy 🥰
My uncle's there too, say hi to him.
@@herrscherkiller3432 hi
Cum a zis Puya: N-avem nevoie de viza ca sa cucerim vestul
How can you make Italy Roman again when you're not even Roman but Romanian
@@serbana7 sa stii
I’m Hungarian, Romanian, and Roma and this was necessary for the world to learn about my beautiful birth country !
U R dirty email scam gypsy.
Wow… that’s beautiful… and that is making you much more beautiful from inside out…❤️
@Andy Ash that's a lethal combo.
This combo doesn’t exist brother
As a Romanian I’m pretty sure that you’re Hungarian/Roma who is born in Romania 🇷🇴
I’m not against you guys Hungarians or Roma but let’s be clear ,you’re not a Romanian !
@@Bunga_Bunga69 my birth certificate and passport prove I am. You’re stupid and you deserve life in prison in North Korea for your comments
In WW2 Romanian joined the axis because Russia invaded Romania and carved Half of Moldova region, witch is now republic of Moldova (they carved Poland, Finland and the Baltics) and when payed back, they played the victim, as if they never invaded in the first place.
Also because the country was lead by fascists. Also, we joined the Axis which proceded to take away half of Transylvania.
@@gundabalf you mean giving back to whom you took it from 20 years before?
@@gundabalf one little correction: we joined the Axis ''after '' the Vienna Diktat(1940) and the Ribbentrop-Molotov pact(1939) whilst Romania having a '''royal dictatorship'' that ended up with the abdication and fleeing of King Carol II. Then the fascists really came in power and the primary solution of the Marshall Antonescu was to get back the eastern parts( Basarabia and Bucovina) from the russians by helping the nazis in their 1941 invasion of USSR. The outcome was in the end that we got back Transilvania not Moldova and had ''the poisoned blessing'' of 42 years of communism.
@@gaborrab4785 do not start this my magyar friend...get over it. What wasn't yours in the first place isn''t stolen but just restored. ;) Remember 1919- we saved Hungary from an early form of communism .
@@MrKayowas85 restore to Romania which didn’t exist before? Or what do you mean? Both Wallachia and Moldavia came to be many centuries after Hungary did. Or restoring Dacia province? Let’s recreate the Roman Empire!
Gonna visit Romania next summer.
We'll welcome you.
Don't forget your garlic and the wooden cross 😂
@@ionutholeac5659 He also has to keep him money home, if he decides to visit Romania. Our lidership is full of thiefs.
We will wait here, my frend!
Don't. Any Russian isn't welcomed here
Moldova and Moldavia are the same thing. The eastern Moldova, after being taken by Russians was renamed as Basarabia. The real Basarabia was the southern part of the East Moldova (mostly now in Ukraine). Also, the portion that you named Transilvania is composed by more regions than Transilvania itself, like Maramures, and Banat.
You got yourself a new subscriber! 🇷🇴 Also, to future turists, if you come over without visiting Maramureș, you're missing out! It's one of the last places in Europe where traditions and "the old ways" are kept. Stunningly beutiful as well, located in the Northern part of the Carpathian ridge. Happy travels! 😊
Yes, some here. Seeing what it research and the quality of information I trust that the other countries that will presented will be as accurate. It is always a + to discover things about other cultures.
Romania is a country that is really beautiful if you go on tours and visit the beautiful scenery. What's interesting is that it's like a condensed Europe when it comes to natural beauties. You have delta's, canyons, glacier, caves, rolling vine hills, rocky mountains, sprawling forests and seaside. Mostly this is due to the fact that the country geography is made up of fields, hills and mountain in equal parts.
@@Opencube12 so people left because of poverty but they would not return for all the money in the world. Great logic :)
@@Opencube12 yeah ok. Do you feel better now that you got it out of your system? Is shitting on other's improving your life?
@@Opencube12 yeah, so it was resentment. Mind you, if you indeed are over it, as you claimed, you wouldn't be bothered to even watch this video, yet alone reply to comments. It's the equivalent of being over your ex, but continue to stalk her on social media and sending her hate messages from time to time. Anyway. It's important you do what makes you happy. I hope that what you say is true and that you are really happy. Best of luck!
The name of the Apuseni mountains actually means 'Sunset-ies' or something like that. 'Apus' in Romanian means sunset, 'Apuseni' are 'those that are at the sunset'. Sunset is at west *AND 'apus' is synonym with west* indeed, but the word means *in its genesis* the sun action not the geographical direction. Thanks for the presentation!
Thanks to BND, Wallachia, Cristi Vidrascu for insisting on the fact that 'apus' and 'vest' are otherwise synonyms for those who didn't already knew that and thanks Ana Munteanu for pointing where my translation failed to do proper justice.
Mai corect ar fi 'Western'
@@bnd6517 E ok oricum. Cine priveste intelege despre ce e vorba, era doar o mica adaugare/corectie despre naratiune, un fel de trivia ).
False! In the traditional Romanian speech (where the name of the mountains derives from), Apus means "West".
The modern Romanian words "Vest" and "occident" are neologisms, so "Munții Apuseni" always meant "Western Mountains", IT INDICATES GEOGRAPHICAL DIRECTION!
Even today we have things such as the "Autostrada răsăritului" (Sunrise Highway/Eastern Highway).
There's even "miazăzi" (midday/South) and "miazănoapte" (midnight/North)
People who live in the city are incredibly out of touch with the true meaning of words, what I mentioned above is still used everywhere outside of Bucharest, please learn!
@@wallachia4797 Asta am zis și eu
@@wallachia4797 I'm not from Bucharest darling. I know geographical directions, I know what the word means. I was talking about something deeper than that - how the word is actually composed. I'm not gonna argue over it, we're both(all) right, thanks for your explanation, together it will help someone that actually does not know romanian understand better how these words are composed and used in our language. I, myself, use 'rasarit' and 'apus' more often than 'est' and 'vest'(almost not at all miazazi and miazanoapte-but seldom) to point directions. And almost all the time when I speak about sunrise or sunset. Peace!
As a Romanian national I found your video very well informed and on point. I'm really happy that I see more and more videos on YT about my home country and they are actually factually correct in presenting it. Thank you. I knew that Romania has very high internet speeds, but I actually didn't know they have the highest speeds in Europe. That's awesome.
...on spot...
it shows Budapest way to frequently while speaking about Romania and the Danube :))
Romania has the 4th fastest broadband internet speed in the world and i think is the cheapest one.
You took the words out of my mouth
Although you butchered the pronounciation of words like "leu" or "dacia", the video was well made and very interesting! you got a new sub
Thanks a lot! Hopefully I do better next time 🤷♂️😅
I've been to Bucharest and to Brasov I also visited the mountains and it was lovely highly recommend it.
04:54 - I dare to contradict you: it peaks frequently at 37 degrees Celsius, sometimes even going over 40 in summer. This is especially true for the plains in the western and southern part of our country (Romanian here).
Love from Bangladesh 🇧🇩❤️
Nice video and pretty thorough, seen some things I wasn't expecting, congrats!
I would have just a small thing to criticize. I can imagine it would be a huge pain in the rear to get it properly for every country but great journalists try and pronounce the names as close as possible to how they are spoken.
I'm always blown away when sports commentators correctly pronounce the names of the players.
I am Romanian. I love Romania ❤! Thank you for your efforts to describe in a few minutes documentary ROMÂNIA, my country, which I am proud of. Yes, although many migratory tribes (slavs, huns, gepids, goths, cumans, sarmatians, tatars, mongols, otomans) ransacked our country and after that Empires tried to force us become one of theirs, we stood still and fought back and protected our dacian legacy (you would be surprised by what a longevity had the dacians, as an united people, they were the ones that amazed the roman emperors and teached them a lesson not to forget at Tapae (2 times) and in a Daco-Roman first war (the roman occupation was between 116 - 271 - Dacia (Felix) Romana it was called but that is not to be considered a conquest but rather a way of living in peace and sharing the roman and dacian cultures for about 150 years! After Roman retreat, DACII have been ravaged by the barbarian tribes in swift raids. In the 1200-1300s they established boundaries of Transilvania, Munteania (Wallachia) and Moldova. But there were so many longings for these three principals (PRINCIPATE) that this land's conquest was one of the most important missions the Europe rulers had. If you owned these states you could easily be acknowledged as the king ruler. As such, Mihai Viteazul (Michael the Brave) had united these three rich little "countries" under one command in 1600, but then he lost the territorries because the greek secret mission of Eteria killed him and this led to an unexpectedly outcome. Then the fanariots came in 1700's and the land was in turmoil and rulership instability due to the otoman conquests and expanding politics of other empires. And after that, the 1848 Revolution came across Europe, these small regions taking part to it, too. The reason they fought for was the freeing of peasant slaves (called "iobagi"), and independent ownership of the land. Alexandru Ioan Cuza reunites 2 of 3 territories back again (Wallachia and Moldova) in 1859 and then, for the first time in history, Romania will have a Constitution , in 1866, under the reign of Charles the 1st of Romania. The modern ROMANIAN STATE was established in 1918, 1st of December, after the First World War, when Transilvania (subdued until then to the Austro-Hungarian Empire) was declared an independent region (and so called Basarabia, the Moldova beyond Prut river). It was the time that the three main regions united and ROMANIA WAS RECOGNIZED AS ONE INDEPENDENT STATE🟦🟨🟥 ruled by a monarch and his Parliament, then, in 1965 by a communist Dictator (Nicolae Ceausescu), and after the 1989 Revolution, by democratic presidents. So, we, as Romanians had to fight a lot for safekeeping our country borders and to preserve our ethnic legacy, despite the empires, tribes and rulers that we had to fight against. We are located in a most strategic point across Europe and this was the main reason some of the countries battled for gaining access to our land resources and serving our geo-political status as a shelter against other peoples.
Persze
It looks like you skipped quite a shameful chapter in Romanian history: WWII. I wonder why...
@@kacperm6555 WW2 is actually a brave chapter in Romanian history. The guy wrote too much already and still missed a lot.
@@sandors.5526 In 1919 that beauty had a peasant shoe on top, instead of flag.
@@Sofia-0001 I wouldn't call collaboration with Hitler a "brave chapter" in Romania's history. Quite the opposite.
As a Romanian I suggest you to visit our country. It has beautiful mountains and I can assure you that there are no vampires arround.
My favorite City is Brașov. It has a lot of mountains and it’s one of the biggest cities in the country.
Anytime you want to visit our country we will guest you with lots of love!
- Robert from Romania
We have a beautiful country, I promise you. We expect and respect you here. You'll find good and healthy food, great wines, beautiful landscapes. Our mountains are breathtaking. Literally breathtaking; you need to be well trained and equiped if you want to climb up our Transylvanian Alps (the Carpathians). The Back Sea shore is both modern and wild in some remote places. People are hospitable and a lot of us do speak French and English. Definitely they do this better than me. Welcome to Romania! 🇹🇩 ❤s the World.
If you want the best massif mountain experience and not too much effort, Piatra Craiului is Heaven. I recommend camping or staying at a cabin in the area of Plaiul Foii. Camping areas are cheap and they include some facilities (like running water with sink for example).
you spoke very nicely about my country, thank you
🇮🇹🇷🇴🇮🇹🇷🇴🇮🇹🇷🇴 Fratelli latini romeni
Da
Tanti saluti amico d’Italia
Salut
Great video! Romania is the undiscovered diamond of Europe. Moldova was part of Romania before WW2, we have a similar culture, same history and language.
and a small paert of ukrain kisinau
They will be again, I hope!
We don't have a similar culture it's the same the differences that we have today is because the interest of others
Just a a part of Moldavia... And French people are not Latins.. They aren't "brothers" with Romanian, Italians, Spanish and Portugal
@@ZakuDosu even if they don't like it the french till 1512 was very similar to romanian after that time they made another french lenguage
Lovely video. Thanks - now off to watch Poland Explained! :)
Thanks for watching! Appreciate that a lot ✌️
@@CountriesExplained you're doing a great job 👍
You should revise a bit the Transylvania part with the Hungarians. You made it as it belongs to them at this point. And for pronunciation you can use google translate voice over Romanian, they pretty accurate
so I'm going to address this because I see a few romanians attempting to correct the thing about Vlad. Dracul, back in those times, did mean dragon. Vlad's dad ( also Vlad ) was given the title Dracul from the order of the dragon ( from Ladislav of Hungary, although I'm definitely spelling that wrong ), making Vlad the Impaler "son of the dragon". In time, the meaning of dracul became "devil", but that's a more modern interpretation of the word.
also, we don't really have the word "moldavian". we call the region of romania that in English is Moldovia as Moldova , and the country of Moldova simply as rep of Moldova ( or Bessarabia ). I won't go in the historical context of why the Republic of Moldova is a separate country, but mainly is has to do with Stalin being a prick.
Actually the meaning of drac comes from Latin and the meaning of it is not only dragon. Bad spirit, imaginary entity, wicked, lucifer, snake, and also dragon. But the main description of it we can say is "the devil".
Actually Moldova was Moldavia but that was changed during the 1800s
This melted my carpathian boy heart. ❤
Great video! Really love the graphics.
Thanks a lot! 🙌
We love our country as much as we can 🇷🇴
no we don't
@@pezvonpezedgy and badass!! 😼🙀🙀🙀
@@numedecanal1 someone's mad
You describe our country very good!
3:35 This is a large market place in Budapest (Hungary) not Bukurest if that was the intension...
hi nice video im from here and i learned a lot from you thx for picking romania
🙌😁
Good video!
One correction though…
Ioan does NOT start with a lowercase L, but an uppercase i. Its pronunciation would be more like Yoan. It's the Romanian form of the Italian name Giovanni.
Or the english John
or germanic Joan/Johan
it is much closer to slavic Ivan than italian Giovanni, the difference between Ivan and Ioan is pretty much the same as Dumitru and Dimitri
Eeowann is literally what it sounds like in Hebrew, where this name originates.
Or Juan...
I loved the video. Good job!
Thanks a lot! Glad you liked it 🙌
The graphics are great but unfortunately there are too many inaccuracies (without even mentioning the pronunciation). The Moldavia vs Moldova distinction is incorrect, the Austro Hungarian and Russian Empires didn't exist in the Middle Ages, nor did they rule parts of Romania (Russia's first foray into the territory was in 1812), etc. Many images are not from Romania, etc.
You sir, just earned yourself a NEW SUBSCRIBER!!
Excellent video. Thank you!
Thank you for watching! 😁
we have to add, that they have exceptionally good musicians in the electronic music genre, more specific Minimal House and now a genre of itself, Rominimal.
At least you didn't call it techno.
@@Flbaritechno sucks, we made rominimal😂
@@Que.Miras_Bobo-d2j la pușcărie cu ei
Great summary for Romania. Great place to visit. Good food to eat.
Great video bro 🥰👍. Only mistake would be that only in Romania is true Moldova and not " Moldavia " . Rep of Moldova is romanian state and can share the name Moldova, but the main heart of historical Moldova is in Romania and we cant call it " Moldavia " .But except this your video was exception 👍👍👍👍🤝🤝
Thank you for this video, very accurate and gracefully made! ❤
I am proud of my country
Moldavia and Moldova are the same thing !
In fact, the part in Romania is Western Moldova or Moldova of the West, and the part in Republic of Moldova is Eastern Moldova or Moldova of the East.
The idea of a different nation in Republic of Moldova is just a KGB project and they "change" the history.
Thank you for this accurate video. Finally a good documentary about Romania. ❤️🙏👏
Thank YOU for watching it! 🙌😁
I am glad that there is this interesting Romanian language and not Slavic everywhere. I am Polish. May everyone live peacefully and happily in Romania.
As a person who lives there, I am very
happy to see someone say "Romania is an underlooked / underestimated country".
Gheorghe HAGI 10 !!!❤️🇷🇴❤️
7:32 The one in the left is Moldova and the one in the right is Bessarabia (or just simply Basarabia - as we (romanians) call it).
Well done, great video. Some of the pronunciations are not quite correct but i appreciate the effort. 👍
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I loved this video! Entertaining and informative! Love ❤
it's so great to see so many people talking so nicely about my home country. Thank you for making this video and telling the world about Romania.
You forgot to mention two things.
1. Romanians can learn other romance languages much faster,than lets say, an italian learning romanian.
2. The romanization process done by the romans was so , lets say , brutal, that romanian is the 3rd language closest to ancient latin, the first two being sicilian and italian. So yeah, a country surrounded by slavs and hunic people groups is closer to latin than spanish,catalan and portuguese.
Well the true is other. The romanization never have be done,it whas imposible,because romans conquer 25 procent of land ocupated by dacians(getae) and only for 165 years. Why romanian it is so close whit latin??? Because they are sisters. The dacians language whas a traco iliro language so it is now romanian language. Mihai Vinereanu it is lingvist and in his works(books) demonstrated and show that. Look what they say on Vatican abaut romanian language and his origins. ua-cam.com/video/mU203ufRPpw/v-deo.html
That "brutal" Romanization was not brutal at all. Dacian, Albanian and Latin were the same as the Romance languages today. They were of the same people, it ain't rocket science :). Look for Ovid's writings there are and quit making ignorant statements.
Guys we are talking here romglish, a combination between roumanian and enghlish :))
Meanwhile me struggling on basic 7th grade French:
@@metalassassin8841 I have studied Ovid’s writings and after being exiled to Constanta, he remarked that the Dacian language was so foreign to Latin that it was painful for him to even hear it being spoken. So i’m not sure what you're talking about, but maybe you should study actual history instead of regurgitating dacopathic propaganda.
The images shown at 3:35 are from the Great Market Hall in Budapest
Tényleg! Azt a kurva : D
8:54 the name of Vlad Dracul, the father of Vlad Țepeș means “Devil”, not “Dragon” 😃
Great video!
Actually in that time drac did mean dragon. It is more commonly now used with the meaning of devil. Just look it up.
Drac e doar denumirea in romaneste a cuvantului dragon.
Dracul este de la ordinul Dragonului.Desi nu se poate dovedi ca a fost un membru a acestui ordin înființat de Sigismund al Ungariei si rege al Germaniei,oamenii din acele timpuri ii spunea Vlad Dracul (dracu in acele vremuri insemnand dragon, nu diavol),datorita apartenentei lui la ordin,el fiind denumit dupa apartenenta lui ca si cavaler.
Great video and well explained! Well done 👍🏻
Excelent presentation!
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,,Da"( yes) word come from vulgar latin word ,,ita/ ida "! Isn't slavic word!😉
that's extremely funny :))))
you should be a comedian
Nice video, that was a nice overview! You may want to double check some of your facts (dracul doesn't translate as dragon) and have a closer look at pronunciations (some of them are way off even by usual standards of foreigners trying to pronounce them) for future videos on different countries. You're doing a good job, keep up the good work!
tatal lui tepes facea parte din ordinul dragonului. de acolo vine supranumele de vlad 'dracul'. si, mai departe, din punctul asta a luat conotatia pe care o are si acum.
@@biancaharagus drac tot nu inseamna dragon, deoarece pe vremea aia nu exista cuvantul...
In latin ITA is Yes and pronunciation is similar with DA. :)
Ita from latin has the meaning more of "for sure" is not that close to it. But cool fact.
@@Kitty-cc9gf It is close because in time, ITA turned into IDA and later on in history to the simple version of DA. This has become a know fact on the definition for yes. There is no country who has ever switched on of the most basic words in their vocabulary with something borrowed from another language. If this would have been the case, do tell me please, why the version for no is "nu" (closer to "no" in IT, FR, ES) and not "ne" (bulgarian) or "niet" (russian)
@@serbanhv9338 de unde dracu ar avea mă ucrainienii și rușii cuvântul "da" dacă nu ar fi slavic? Nu e mai logic că dacă slavii au migrat la noi ci nu inves noi să fi luat cuvântul de la ei? 99% cuvântul e slavic, că nu vă place vouă să credeți e altă poveste!🤦♂️🤦♂️🤦♂️
@@florinsima2911 -Nu,pentru ca cei ce au venit au incercat sa se adapteze nativilor,iar in timp au adoptat si unele cuvinte de la ei.
Da frate, suntem singurii nebuni de pe planeta asta care am preluat cel mai de baza raspuns pozitiv de la un popor migrator... Inainte sa vina slavii noi nu stiam sa zicem "da". Noroc cu ei.
Si inca o chestie, de ce nu am preluat "da"-ul de la cumani care au stat mai mult pe teritoriul nostru decat slavii?
Some misprounced words, but I really enjoyed this video. Very well structured. 😊
I spent 3 months in Romania in 2022. It's a very beautiful country with lots of great food. The people are very nice and friendly too. Craziest drivers I've ever seen though
Gigabats haha, that one had me giggling, salut from Romania.
That is Budapest not Bucharest at 5:18.
Wow.. same "mistakes", Budapest instead of București, ... just a little more subtle
Your last words : "we just scratched the surface" ... you got that right :) There are a lot more detailed stuff to cover but at least you did not said bad things about us or our country, for that I thank you.
Also great video! Good job!
Great video! Maybe you should find a romanian friend to help you correct the errors here and there. Otherwise, the video is on point and detailed enough to help people everywhere learn about Romania. Thank you for putting in the effort into making this.
fun fact: temperatures in the summer in romania peak at around 46 degrees celsius
La tine la Miticeşti 😂
@@cosdacheTell me you're low IQ iobag without telling me you're a low IQ iobag.
3:35 is vásárcsarnok in budapest hungary not romania, great video tho!
make one about portugal
Nice! Greetings from Romania = Salutări!
Salut👋🏻
Nice video.
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The English and Romanian pronunciations of Romanian names are simply butchered, with all due respect to the work spent on making this video.
Gigabats! You are funny! Great job!🤣🤣🤣🤣
I've been to Romania twice. My biggest travel regret EVER, is that I didn't drive further into the country from Timisoara, to visit the Dracula castle in Bran. It's over 400 km each way which is why I decided against it, but damn I regret not doing it.
I've also been to Constanta, I took a day trip up there when on vacation in Golden Sands, Bulgaria. Beautiful old square on the top of the hill (by the cathedral), but the rest of it wasn't much to talk about. Quite a lot of old buildings that are simply falling apart with no one doing anything about it.
great video! well done 👏
Amazing channel, glad I found it. Looking forward to you doing Bulgaria.
I would honestly recomend brasov for romanian trips as its in the middle of the country if you rent a car and want to explore a lot of the country
Of course you will probably land in bucharest
Later this year the brasov int airport will open
@@mariusmacovei1890 hopefuly
David Popovici 😢
O fi considerat "minoritar"....dupa nume😏!
Sounds like he's one of the Serbs that you forcefully assimilated in the 20th century
In Romania no-one was "forced assimilated" but a lot of jews are having foreign names to cover a non romanian identity because they prefer to look like being just a few even if they are controlling all the social, political and economic important positions. My comment was short for the people who all ready know what I meant. Otherwise we are very proud for his achievements and his exemplary education attitude and behaviour. Many of them are "more romanian" than the romanians.
@@Djura567 Notionalist..
Forgot to tell the inventions that came from Romania
First oil factory ever build
First europe city to be lighted with electricity and gas.
Father of cibernetic, nowadays ( computers ) odobreja
Fountain pen was invented in here
Jet engine by Henri Coanda
Reaction engine used by rockets
3d movies
Modern car design by Aurel Persu
Insuline
Cd-rom
Romania has shaped the modern age
So, I like how a Romanian leader made an order so famous. ‘Order of the Dragon was a society and was given to the leaders of that time for bravery acts, Vlad received for fights against Ottoman Empire, and because of him and his cousin that was helped during the siege of Belgrade, all the churches from Poland to Western Europe are having the tradition to ring them at 12 when the battle had begin more then 550 years ago.
Possibly the best at languages of all Europeans
And very adaptable people integrate wherever they establish themselves
The opposite of brits or….
A report produced in a professional manner, in which the main important historical, cultural and economic elements of Romania are highlighted, leaving aside the pronunciation of Romanian words that were done in a deficient way (it was understandable). I can declare myself satisfied with this succinct but very objective presentation of Romania.👌👍
Yeah, I really enjoyed it as well.
non romanian people trying to pronounce romanian words is one of the funniest things
Very cool country and People, thanks for the vid
Great job. Seeing how you have presented my country, I rust that the other videos are as accurate 👍👌
The trues is that romans spoke a similar language to dacians. The Spanish linguist Carme Jimenez Huertas spoke about the fact that the Romanian language, along with the other Romance languages, is not born from Latin and that Romanization is only a story for the naive. The theory that the Romanians are the descendants of Rome was imposed by the luminaries of the Ardelene School, Greek-Catholic intellectuals educated by the Vatican in Jesuit schools: Petru Maior, Samuil Micu, Gheorghe Șincai and Ion Budai Deleanu in 1848. We where called Dacians until 1800.
Even Pope called Michael the Brave "Malus Dacus" in 1600.
The conclusion is that the official history of Romania is based on false theories.
The Roman occupation lasted from 105 to 275 CE, i.e. 170 years and only on a limited territory. Consequently, how could the Dacians be Romanized and acquire the Latin language, if only a third of their territory was occupied by the Romans.
Moreover, the Roman occupation lasted only 170 years, much less than in Gaul and Britain, and the English do not speak a Latin language, and Welsh is still popularly spoken in some regions of rural France. Same in Palestine and Egipt. Transylvania was occupied by the Austrians from 1700 to 1918, i.e. 218 years and Transylvanian Romanians do not speak German either at home or on the street, maybe only the students from a high school.
The Basarabians were occupied by the Russians for 200 years, but they speak Romanian in their families. So the idea of Romanization of Dacia, territorially occupied by only one third of Rome, falls from the point of view of simple historical logic.
Miceal Ledwith, confidant of Pope John Paul II and the man who had access to all the secret documents in the Vatican library, recently made a statement that shocked the academic world and beyond. He declared that cultured Latin derives from the ancient Romanian language, not the other way around, as was believed until now! In an interview given to the television station TVR Cluj, in December 2012, Miceal Ledwith, former adviser to Pope John Paul II, one of the people who had access to the 230 kilometers of bookshelves in the Vatican library archive and former member of the International Theological Commission, made a shocking statement: "Even if it is known that Latin is the official language of the Catholic Church, as well as the language of the Roman Empire, and the Romanian language is a Latin language, fewer people know that the Romanian language, or its precursor, comes from the place from which the Latin language is derived, and not the other way around!!!
The Roman emperor Trajan considered himself a descendant of the Thracians who, after the conquest of Troy by the Greeks, took refuge in Italy. Dacians where Thracians too ansd spoke the same language.
We Romanians should be aware of what "treasures" we have inherited, both material but especially spiritual, moral and sacred values, which our ancestors preserved and bequeathed to the next generations! We have all these values in the form of a "loan" from future generations! Let's stand with our "heads up" in the world, let's not allow ourselves to be denigrated by the "game" of the detractors!
Check the newer "Originile limbii române" UA-cam link.
Transylvania was occupied by the Austrians from 1700 to 1918,
Newer heard of that ?Austrians?
Sever inferiority complexity
What about this?
Now or never let us give proof to the world That in these veins Roman blood still flows, That in our chests we hold a name with pride, Victorious in battles, the name of Trajan!
Did the Vatican told you say this? (Roman blood) "Dacians where Thracians too" Of course every body is Dacians. Then way don't you call your self Dacians,instead Romanian.I know it was imposed by the luminaries🤭 We where called Dacians until 1800 by whom?
So the Latin language is derived,Romanian language, 🤔🤗
Great video! I'm glad you mentioned that Romania is a Latin country, although nowadays it is mostly associated with Slavic countries. Our language is definitely related to both parties.