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"Acest străin este de naționalitate română."
Translation:This stranger is of Romanian nationality.
November 16, 2016
8 Comments
Ok, here is the answer I've found and might be useful for other people:
"It doesn't help that in English we use the same word when in Romanian there are 3 words used with 4 separate uses: a noun 'român', an adjective 'român' to describe a person and the language, an adjective 'românesc' to describe objects, and an adverb 'româneşte' to describe the way someone is speaking or writing."
ANfg91
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This sentence could make sense if used to explain that someone, who people were thinking was a stranger (but were not wanting to label a foreigner) was actually a Romanian passport holder. So in future will often apply to people born and brought up elsewhere but from Romanian families!