Importance Of Romanian Culture

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I have an uncommon background compared to many of the people I know. Both of my parents were, born, raised, and even married in Romania. During their time living in Romania, they were raised with strict religious values. They had three kids, by the way I’m one of those three kids. As I grew up, I was surrounded by Romanian culture which has influenced a significant amount of my life. Language specifically stuck with me the most as it came to me almost as easy as learning English. I never went to school or took any classes to learn the language, many of my family members spoke the language and I just picked it up at a young age like most people do with languages.
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I went (and still go) to church every Sunday because of my parent’s religious background rubbing off onto me. One Sunday, there was a hymn being sung. There were tvs behind the choir area where the lyrics were put on display. I would’ve sang along with the rest of the church, but it was in Romanian. I was sitting next to mom and she noticed I wasn’t paying attention. I told her that I didn’t know the words and I couldn’t read the lyrics either. So, next Sunday, before we settled down in our seats my mom asked my cousin to help me learn to read. I went with my cousin in the balcony of the church as to not disturb other around us as I was being taught. At first I was told to sound out the words that appeared on the monitors when someone began to sing. I was sounded out a hand full of words, I butchered it like crazy, but I did it nonetheless. I was informed that my pronunciation of many of the words was entirely off, but that was because there are variations of a few of the letters. Some had accents on top, some on the bottom, but the accents weren’t the only things that made me mispronounce the words. I was so adjusted to the English pronunciation of words that transitioning to another language was new experience. After a learning the pronunciations I was able to follow along during church

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