Romanian language

Am citit deunazi din intamplare un articol de Wikipedia numit "Romanian Language". Am gasit in el multe raspunsuri la multe intrebari pe care am inceput sa mi le pun in legatura cu limba mea materna, inca de cand am venit in America.
Cred ca va fi interesant sa va impartasesc si voua detalii frumoase, curiozitati, chestii haioase in legatura cu limba romana. Daca nu e nimic funny in ceea ce scrie mai jos, macar interesant cat de cat sper ca va fi.

Romanian developed in isolation with regard to the other Romance languages. Therefore, it was influenced by Slavonic (due to migration/assimilation, and feudal/ecclesiastical relations), Greek (Byzantine, then Phanariote), Turkish, and Hungarian, while the other Romance languages adopted words and features of Germanic.
Out of the main Romance languages, Romanian is closest to Italian, the two show limited degree of asymmetrical mutual intelligibility, especially in their cultivated forms: speakers of Romanian seem to understand Italian more easily than the other way around.
Obs. De multe ori m-am minunat cat de similara mi se pare italiana.

In the following sample sentence (meaning "She always closes the window before having dinner.") cognates are written in bold:
Ea închide întotdeauna fereastra înainte de a cina. (Romanian)Ea semper fenestram claudit antequam cenet. (Latin)Ella (or lei) chiude sempre la finestra prima di cenare. (Italian)Elle ferme toujours la fenêtre avant de dîner. (French)Ella siempre cierra la ventana antes de cenar . (Spanish)Ela fecha sempre a janela antes de jantar. (Portuguese)Ella tanca sempre la finestra abans de sopar. (Catalan) On the other hand, Romanian vocabulary has been strongly influenced by French and Italian in the Modern Age (see French, Italian and other international words). At present, the lexical similarity with Italian is estimated at 77%, whereas French follows at 75%, Sardinian 74%, Catalan 73%, Spanish at 71%, Portuguese and Rheto-Romance at 72%.
The languages of the "Balkan linguistic union" belong to distinct branches of the Indo-European language family: Bulgarian and Albanian, and in some cases Greek and Serbian. The shared features include a postposed definite article, the syncretism of genitive and dative case, the formation of the future and perfect tenses, as well as the avoidance of infinitive.
Of great importance was the influence of Old Church Slavonic, as it was the liturgical language of the Romanian Orthodox Church (compared to western and central European countries which used Latin) from the Middle Ages, until the 18th century.
Borrowings from Old Church Slavonic include: a izbăvi < izbaviti "to save", a blagoslovi < blagosloviti "to bless", blajin < blažĕnŭ "merciful, peaceful", cinste < čĩştĩ "honesty", ispravă < isprava "deed, accomplishment", vrednic < vrĕdĩnŭ "dignified, worthy", jertfă < žrŭtyva "sacrifice, immolation", mir < miro "chrism, holy oil".
As was characteristic of the Middle Ages, the Church had a great influence on people's lives. Thus even basic words such as a iubi "to love", glas "voice", nevoie "need", and prieten "friend" are of Church Slavonic origin. Names were also influenced by the use of Slavonic in Church and in administration.
Even before the 19th century, Romanian came in contact with several other languages. Some notable examples include:

• Greek: folos < ófelos "use", buzunar < buzunára "pocket", proaspăt < prósfatos "fresh"
• Hungarian: oraş < város "town", a cheltui < költeni "to spend", a făgădui < fogadni "to promise", a mântui < menteni "to save"
• Turkish: cafea < kahve "coffee", cutie < kutu "box", papuc < papuç "slipper", ciorbă < çorba "wholemeal soup, sour soup"
• German: cartof < Kartoffel "potato", bere < Bier "beer", şurub < Schraube "screw"

Romanian is the only Romance language where definite articles are enclitic: that is, attached to the end of the noun (as in North Germanic languages), instead of in front (proclitic ). They were formed, as in other Romance languages, from the Latin demonstrative pronouns.
Obs. That is soooo coool!
Contemporary Romanian - highlighted words are French or Italian loanwords:
Toate fiinţele umane se nasc libere şi egale în demnitate şi în drepturi. Ele sunt înzestrate cu raţiune şi conştiinţă şi trebuie să se comporte unele faţă de altele în spiritul fraternităţii. Romanian, excluding French or Italian loanwords - highlighted words are Slavic loanwords:
Toate fiinţele omeneşti se nasc slobode şi deopotrivă în destoinicie şi în drepturi. Ele sunt înzestrate cu cuget şi înţelegere şi trebuie să se poarte unele faţă de altele după firea frăţiei. Romanian, excluding loanwords:
Toate fiinţele omeneşti se nasc nesupuse şi asemenea în preţuire şi în drepturi. Ele sunt înzestrate cu cuget şi înţelegere şi se cuvine să se poarte unele faţă de altele după firea frăţiei.