Easy Romance

[Comte Arnau]

Learning Romance languages altogether.

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1

-CTION (action, collection...)

= -CÇÃO(Portuguese) : a acção, a colecção
= -CCIÓN (Spanish) : la acción, la colección
= -CCIÓ (Catalan) : l'acció, la col·lecció
= -CTION (French) : l'action, la collection
= -ZIONE (Italian) : l'azione, la colezione

Words ending like that are feminine. So we use LA (L' before a- in C/F/I), A (in P).

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2

-MENT (sentiment, treatment, instrument...)

= -MENTO (P): o sentimento, o tratamento, o instrumento
= -MIENTO (S): el sentimiento, el tratamiento, el instrumento
= -MENT (C): el sentiment, el tractament, l'instrument
= -MENT (F): le sentiment, le traitement, l'instrument
= -MENTO (I): il sentimento, il trattamento, l'instrumento

Words ending like that are masculine. So we use EL (S/C), LE (F), IL (I), O (P) and L' before vowel (C/F/I).

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3

-ITY (productivity, university...)

= -IDADE (P) : a productividade, a universidade
= -IDAD (S) : la productividad, la universidad
= -ITAT (C) : la productivitat, la universitat
= -ITÉ (F) : la productivité, l'université
= -ITÀ (I) : la produttività, l'università

Words ending like that are feminine.

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4

-AGE (language, voyage...)

= -AGEM (P) : a linguagem, a viagem
= -AJE (S) : el lenguaje, el viaje
= -ATGE (C) : el llenguatge, el viatge
= -AGE (F) : le language, le voyage
= -AGGIO (I) : il linguaggio, il viaggio

Words ending like that are masculine, except in Portuguese!

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And this is the end of lesson 1.

[Arthur Scharrenhans]

Where is poor old Romanian? :-D

Also, a minor correction: it's lo strumento, not *l'instrumento.

[Daos]

Where is poor old Romanian? :-D

We're too Slavic for his taste.

[Hurrem sultana]

i never associate romania with romance

[Arthur Scharrenhans]

i never associate romania with romance

I can understand why, but then, it's not Sino-Tibetan or North Caucasian, is it?

[Comte Arnau]

Lol. The only reason why Romanian isn't there is because my knowledge of it is much more basic.

Oh, and yes, it's lo strumento, of course. A lapsus, as I was going fast. Grazie for noticing. Tell me about any other possible mistakes.

[Alex Delarge]

= -AGEM (P) : a linguagem, a viagem
= -AJE (S) : el lenguaje, el viaje
= -ATGE (C) : el llenguatge, el viatge
= -AGE (F) : le language, le voyage
= -AGGIO (I) : il linguaggio, il viaggio

Words ending like that are masculine, except in Portuguese!

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And this is the end of lesson 1.

We like to be different

O viagem would sound weird.

[Peyrol]

i never associate romania with romance

It's sufficient see the country name etymology

[Hurrem sultana]

It's sufficient see the country name etymology

we call gypsies roma population,yet it does not tell me anything

[Comte Arnau]

we call gypsies roma population,yet it does not tell me anything

Lol. The big difference is that Romania means 'land of Romans' while the name for the Roma comes from Gypsy rom or rrom, "man".