Do you know what tongue-twisters are?
Source: Oxford Dictionary
I remember playing this fun game as a child, when we'd challenge each other to pronounce complicated Romanian phrases, also known as ''tongue twisters" or "îmbârligături de limbă", as some Romanians would say.
These are complicated to pronounce even for me, so it would be fun to try them with your colleagues!
- Piatra crapă capul caprei în patru, cum a crăpat şi capra piatra în patru.
- English: The stone splits the goat's head in four, as the goat too had split the stone in four.
- Bucura-te cum s-a bucurat Bucuroaia de bucuria lui Bucurel care s-a intors bucuros de la Bucuresti.
- English: Enjoy yourself, as well as Bucuroaia enjoyed the joy of Bucurel who returned joyful from Bucharest.
- Un vultur stă pe pisc c-un pix in plisc.
- English: An eagle sits on a mountain top with a pen in its beak.
- Rica nu stia sa zica rau, ratusca, ramurica. (this is complicated for people who can't pronounce the letter r)
- English: Rica didn't know how to say river, duck, branch.
- Prin Vulturi vantul viu vuia.
- English: In Vulturi the wind strongly howled.
Do you have this in your language? Challenge me and everyone else in the comments to try pronounce some!
Roxana - OLS Community Manager