Learn Romanian with Nico - Lesson 38: RO-EN False Friends Video Lecture | Learn Romanian: A Complete Guide - Russian

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so let me like new in linguistics false
friends are words existing in different
languages or dialects that look similar
or sound similar but actually have very
little or nothing in common in terms of
meaning in this lesson I'm going to give
you a couple of examples of such words
that may become a trap to English
speakers unless you learn their actual
meaning by the way the word act 1
doesn't really mean actual as in true or
real but it actually means here's the
first confusing word which obviously
doesn't mean chin otherwise there would
be no point in mentioning it would it
it's pronounced as kin and it means
torment or torture as they're all
following Romanian words two English
speakers five doesn't mean far but
lighthouse glass doesn't mean glass but
voice jar is wood fire glow not jar calf
is mood nut chef let's say you really
like this girl and you think she's a
cutie so you grab your phone and send
her a message saying you're stuck with
yeah yeah you're basically calling her a
box and another hypothetical situation
you're in Romania and you keep hearing
poop what don't get misled by the way it
sounds because poop is in fact the kiss
also keep the following in mind you buy
a magazine from a magazine which is the
shop your camera is on a table in your
camera which is a room you fabricate the
fabric in a fabrica which is the factory
you go to a liberal year to buy a book
and not to borrow one now let's take a
look at some misleading adjectives
since EB is sensitive not sensible
miserable is despicable not miserable
pregnant is conspicuous not pregnant
nervous is angry not nervous
last but not least two verbs that could
become your false friends
a system which means to attend rather
than to assist and agree which is to
like and not to agree
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