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"Dă-i şi luptă..."
Keep on fighting…

Author(s): Rodica Zafiu
Subject(s): Language and Literature Studies
Published by: Fundaţia România literară
Keywords: colloquial and literary Romanian;

Summary/Abstract: This time Rodica Zafiu focuses on circumlocutions Romanians use in both colloquial and literary language. Instead of telling someone to continue - Romanian,"continuă!" The colloquial speaker prefers to say "vorbeşte mai departe" - go on. The examples continue, the article ending with the famous line of one Caragiale's characters "Dă-i şi luptă"

  • Issue Year: 2001
  • Issue No: 37
  • Page Range: 11
  • Page Count: 1
  • Language: Romanian