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I created this name for a gag on the hug thread

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Ahhh! I remember now.



*giggle* I have the song on endless loop, and am about to head out to pick up my son. I asked my girls if I should leave it on while I'm out, and they were quite emphatic about their yeses.

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Okay, according to my husband, I woke him at 1:30, singing and "bed dancing" to this song in my sleep.

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There is no turning back. You are lost forever to the rhythm!

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I was curious as to exactly which of the words in the title was which. Was expecting dragostea to be the word for linden trees -- no, that's tei.

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dragoste
# sf love; "căsătorie din dragoste" love match; "a face dragoste" to make love; "a se căsători din dragoste" to marry for love; "din dragoste pentru cineva" out of love for somebody

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din
# prep on: "oglindă din perete" the mirror on the wall; from: "din floare în floare" from flower to flower, out of: "a ieşi din magazin" to walk out of the shop; of: "pâine din făină albă" bread of white flour, "din întâmplare" by chance; "din ce în ce mai" more and more; "din greşeală" by mistake; "din teamă" for fear; "din dragoste" for love

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tei
# sm lime; linden tree

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tăi
# adj your; "ai tăi" yours

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I kept trying to avoid this thread as long as possible, but... :shudders:

Anyway, gnixing is right, it's "tăi" not "tei" in this line: "Mi-amintesc de ochii tăi". Actually "mi" is a reflexive form of the first person singular pronoun, since the verb "to remember" is reflexive in Romanian. The "I" isn't used since Romanian has different forms for the verb depending on the person. "de" is a preposition that is used here because the verb is intransitive. The funny thing is that if you say you remember something it's transitive, and if you say you remember someone it's intransitive...

"tei" is indeed "linden", and "dragoste" is "love". There are also other words for love, and the verb "to love" is "a (= to) iubi". The noun from this is "iubire".

And if you're wondering about the "sf" or "sm" they are short for: "substantiv" (noun) "feminin" and "masculin". We also have neuter nouns which oddly have a male singular form and female plural one.

Also, "haiduc" were the Romanian "Robin Hood"s, taking from the rich and giving to the poor. Unfortunately we don't have them around anymore...

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Ma-ia-hii
Ma-ia-huu
Ma-ia-hoo
Ma-ia-haha

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Either a name or really nothing but sounds. I'm inclined to say the latter.

"Salut" is just a way to say "hello" - in person, not on the cellphone, not "greetings". And while "alo" indeed means "hello" on a phone I have to say that it's more likely that "hello" and "alo" both come from French than the other way around.

As for why linden is seen as a romantic symbol, that's because our greatest poet, Mihai Eminescu used it as such in his poems. Love "among the linden flowers" was present in many of his love poems, and he actually had a favorite linden. If I remember correctly thay linden's still around and quite visited. Here's a little about Eminescu and also some translated poems: Mihai Eminescu .

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