Talk:Dragostea Din Tei

message: It samples Dragostea din tei, and has rihanna sing a chorus to the tune of it (but with different words). It's called "Livin your life." Worth mentioning? Here's a youtube vid with it, so y'all know it's real: http://ie.youtube.com/watch?v=URJW9zv-VvQ  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.62.15.132 (talk) 04:19, 28 August 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: I think it is worth mentioning. --Hippoharry07 (talk) 23:28, 4 November 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: New T.I. song, with Rihanna

message: :Dragostea Din Tei is written in Romanian, despite the groups Moldovan origins
That sounds like "Smells like Teen Spirit is written in English, despite the group's American origins."
Moldovan language is for most people another name of Romanian language.
I wouldn't mention Moldova there.
--Error 02:00, 15 Mar 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: I agree, I wasn't up on my Moldovan when I wrote that. Hedley 13:44, 15 Mar 2005 (UTC)
thread_title: Language

message: Anonymous edits are permitted on WP. The simple fact that an edit was from an IP does not constitute a reason for reversion. If there is a valid content related reason for reversion, that's another thing. But Hedley's revert statements simply say "reverted IP changes". That isn't a valid cause for revert. - Keith D. Tyler ¶ [AMA] 21:47, Apr 1, 2005 (UTC)
*In the most recent case it was as a link to a Numa numa fan site was added. Thus, it was reverted. Numa numa is a different matter to this, and has it's own article, where than fan site is linked. Hedley 02:06, 2 Apr 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  Revert reasons 

message: This article appears to be attracting some revert vandalism. Basically, IP users are coming in and reverting to a version which seems to be from back before I rewrote this (when information on Numanuma was making up over half of the article). Hedley 22:10, 22 Apr 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  Vandalism 

message: This song has a high level of crappiness.
*This very constructive point was made by 213.229.186.67. Hedley 16:39, 25 Apr 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  Crappiness 

message: :The two versions of the song had distinct differences ["The two versions" referring to those by O-Zone and Haiducii]
Other than that the versions are in different keys, and the "Ma ia hii, ma ia huu" bit is repeated in the background of the final chorus in the Haiducii version, I couldn't hear any real differences at all. True, they are technically distinct differences, but are they notable? - furrykef (Talk at me) 07:44, 24 May 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  "Distinct differences" 

message: Last Tuesday's Romanian Gândul newspaper wrote that initially, the title of the song was "Dragostea Dintâi" ("First Love"), but they kept pronouncing "din tei" (from the linden tree) instead of "dintâi" (first) and it eventually stuck like this. bogdan | Talk 19:45, 13 August 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: Almost 12 years later a reply: yes, it is a word play. If you talk Romanian with a modovan accent, then "din tei" und "dintâi" sound very much alike or identical. So on the one hand you have the allusion to Mihai Eminescu with the linden tree but on the other hand something much less poetic when you talk about someone's "first time" Lajos vH (talk) 11:21, 23 February 2017 (UTC)
thread_title:  "First Love" 

message: In the article, the Japanese version is referred to as "Maiyahi" with a "Y", while it is actually "Maiahi" with no "Y". The title here in Japan is 「恋のマイアヒ」, "koi no maiahi", which I actually would translate as "The Maiahi of Love". I think the title in the article should be changed to that, or a least change the spelling to "Maiahi", which would be an accurate translation of the katakana.--Psanyo 01:57, 11 October 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  Maiahi 

message: As "din tjej" means "your girl" in Swedish, I keep associating the name of this song with doing something sexual with your girlfriend. — JIP | Talk 10:52, 14 October 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: Thanks. UncleMontezuma 18:15, 7 May 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Dragostea din Tjej 

message: Isn't it spelled Dragoștea din Tei rather than Dragostea din Tei?
Geoking66 04:18, 7 May 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: No, it isn't. The word for love is "dragostea", pronounced "dra-goh-stea" not "dra-goh-shtea" (as ş would indicate). "Dragoş" (pronounced "Dragosh" is a Romanian name, but that's a different matter.  Ronline ✉ 08:06, 22 May 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Spelling 

message: I think it's a bad idea to do a merger; I think "Numa numa" is notable enough on its own for an article. Andy Saunders 12:16, 10 May 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Recent merger suggestion from [[Numa Numa]] 

message: I changed the description of the South African version of the song that came out as Net die een vir my (Just the one for me) from "African" to "Afrikaans" as this is much more accurate as the song is sung in Afrikaans. Of course Afrikaans means African but there are dozens, probably hundreds of languages in Africa and although Afrikaans developed in Africa it is a Germanic language derived from Dutch.
*  Saying 'Afrcan' instead of 'Afrikaans' is not less accurate, it is completely wrong despite word origins. You do not say "fluff" instead of "duvet" just because you are speaking English. You don't use 'bear pelt wearer' instead of berserker just because of current language from over a millennium ago.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 105.225.233.15 (talk) 17:08, 26 February 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  African > Afrikaans 

message: It hasn't been on any that I'VE played on. It WAS going to be on In The Groove 3, however Konami bought the rights to ITG, and release seems unlikely. ToyoWolf 05:53, 2 November 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Last time I checked, this song is not in In The Groove 2. I believe this entry must be deleted because it's not true. Adavalosjr 13:37, 2 January 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  It's in some version of In The Groove 2? 

message: Should this be noted on the page?!?!?
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=4051932156193914502&q=backmasking
:no. Plebmonk 22:19, 17 January 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Care to elaborate?24.9.121.137 00:32, 18 January 2007 (UTC)

text: no. 12.116.162.162 18:39, 30 January 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: This Backwords

message: should be a list of the people in the band in the infobox, someone do it as i have no idea. Plebmonk 22:51, 30 January 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Band memebers 

message: The translation section is embarrassing. Until someone actually comes by some serious knowledge, all this speculation needs to be pulled.
Furthermore, there's some non sequiturs afloat in this section. For example, "Furthermore, it provides something more universally meaningful, as the idea of love at first sight is understood more globally than the idea of love having to do with linden trees." The "furthermore" signals that this is cited as further evidence for the paragraph's theory. But this is begging the question: who says the writers of the song were striking for something universal? This assumes that the writers were not being provincial -- and yet provincial music is not uncommon. Why an assumption that something universal must have obviously been on the band's mind? That's gratuitious. And -- good grief -- such an assumption is made despite the article's complete lack of coherence on who even wrote the thing? "Well, whoever it was, surely they were trying to be universal." Please.
There's some good stuff in this article, but the proportion of tentative, provisional, and speculative material in this article is far higher than an average Wikipedia article. 
rasqual 06:41, 12 February 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Speculation and illogic 

message: There exist also an cover from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hyun_Young —Preceding unsigned comment added by 87.166.176.114 (talk) 2007-03-21 12:01:00 (UTC)
: It is already mentioned in the Remixes and Parodies section. ― blue-kun 19:08, 12 June 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Korea Version 

message: First of all: Which of these two is "The original Maiyahi" –  or ? Seemingly the latter can be found more widely today and includes roughly as much "Dragostea din tei" as "Numa Numa" by Brolsma. The former, on the other hand, includes feline characters that refer to Monā more clearly than the main character of the latter. Considering the commercial dispute on Noma neko vs. Monā (see the article on Monā), I'd bet for the former one, but I really don't know.
Secondly: What is the original title of the Japanese Flash video, properly transcribed? It seems to be widely known as "Maiyahi" but "Koi no Maiyahi", "Maiahi" and "Koi no Maiahi" appear as well. Some of this confusion has spread to Wikipedia articles and should be corrected.
Thirdly: How should the title "Koi no Maiahi" (?) be translated? What do the words koi and mai(y)ahi mean?
Many thanks if somebody can answer these questions. – Jippe 06:29, 27 June 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Japanese: "Maiahi" or "Maiyahi?" (And some other questions) 

message: "O-Zone's version was the most popular across Europe with the exception of Italy and Germany, where it was only known by discogoers." This is just wrong, at least for Germany. The version by O-Zone was #1 in the German charts, the version by Haiducii was #2. 84.190.222.60 03:00, 21 July 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Actually, wouldn't this be worth mentioning in the article? The same song, by two different artists/groups, occupied places #1 and #2 in the German charts. Can't imagine that this has ever happened before.SeverityOne (talk) 22:46, 26 September 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Only known by discogoers in Germany? 

message: There is a spanish version of this song that has been around for quite long, since mid 2005. Unfortunately I don't have any source for now but I'll find one. Peace. 190.49.153.196 06:45, 30 August 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: The Spanish version, called "Pluma Gay", is not an official remix, and there is an article about it, albeit a short one. --Shruti14 t c s 23:22, 3 April 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Spanish version 

message: i heared a possible english version... talking about someone who loved someone and saying "when you leave, my colours fade to grey"...is this an official version or a remix to sound like one cos it sounds alot like the guys on da music video sung it.OsirisV (talk) 19:24, 21 November 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: It is an official remix written and recorded by the O-Zone band members themselves.  It never was as popular as the original Romanian version, though.  I believe it is also called Dragostea din Tei, and the information is currently in the article. --Shruti14 t c s 23:20, 3 April 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: English Version?

message: I found several red links in this article.  If their subjects are notable, articles about them should be created, but if not, the red links should be removed. --Shruti14 t c s 23:19, 3 April 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Red Links 

message: The USS Enterprise made a video that accidently turned into a video that, when you view, it gives your PC a virus, is that correct? Colonel  Valh ala-112   04:15, 6 May 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Viral Video? 

message: According to who? By who?  --Omnipotence407 (talk) 22:26, 26 May 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  "O- Zone was voted 4th hottest band in 2003." 

message: Is the lyrics not written in Moldavian dialect? I think so, since I have often read about this "Moldavian mega-hit".
-andy 85.179.63.19 (talk) 20:08, 20 June 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: No, the lyrics are indeed written in the Romanian language, although the singers are from Moldova. --Shruti14 talk • sign 21:21, 22 August 2008 (UTC)

text: Moldovans speak Romanian.  Americans speak English.  Same thing.  209.157.254.99 (talk) 20:50, 4 December 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Moldavian or Romanian? 

message: Shouldn't the "Other Languages" subsection and "Remixes, parodies..." section be combined, since none of the listed "Other Languages" songs are official (all are remixes or parodies), and most of the "Remixes..." in the section are from other languages? It seems to me that it makes sense to combine the two. --Shruti14 talk • sign 21:21, 22 August 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Combine Sections 

message: In the opening of the article, it says the song reached "72 on the U.S. Pop 100". 
Then in the 'English language version' section it says "Unlike the original recording, however, this version was not as successful, charting at 72 on the Billboard Charts". That sounds like they were equally successful. Warcraft82 (talk) 01:21, 15 December 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  U.S. Billboard chart position 

message: The Hungarian Numerakirály is a parody, not a straight cover. I don't know if it's worth noting. 81.182.237.89 (talk) 06:12, 25 December 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Hungarian Parody 

message: The main article about the band tells they are Romanian band. The article tells they are Moldavian. Who they are really?  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 95.58.145.69 (talk) 03:25, 8 April 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: They're Moldavian. --Gikü (talk) 20:46, 15 June 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  LOL! Didn't get it. 

message: Perhaps the number of possible translation variants for the title should be cut down and/or referenced. NYT gives "Love From the Linden Trees". Pcap ping 09:49, 2 December 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Translation 

message: Whom is he? Is he Gabry Ponte, or is GP a DJ who did a mix of the song? Does this guy have any solo stuff?  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 50.135.167.21 (talk) 02:12, 15 March 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  Haiducii's male backup singer? 

message: The chorus to this song is popularly sung by Brelovers as Na Nach nachma Nachman me'uman (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Na_Nach_Nachma_Nachman_Meuman)http://www.nanach.net/2009/03/numa-numa-song-nanach-style.html. Is this noteworthy?  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 72.80.157.76 (talk) 09:27, 25 October 2015 (UTC)
thread_title:  Jewish/Na Nach version 

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message: It seems that some new version or remix or something has been produced. Suzukaze-c (talk) 04:52, 19 September 2018 (UTC)
thread_title:  "Numa Numa 2" 

message: The title of this song isn't following Romanian (or Moldavian) title capitalisation rules. Romanian uses sentence case, rendering the title as "Dragostea din tei". It's the only song on the original track list of DiscO-Zone that capitalises each word.
Some argue that it follows some CD releases. But even if this is correct, wouldn't it still be appropriate to use the proper capitalisation for the language, as there's no agreed formatting of the title? The Romanian article uses sentence case: ro:Dragostea din tei. Wikidata even uses the sentence case for English: Q161407; then there's a mix of which format is used on other Wikipedia languages; where the English Wikipedia might be a possible influence on the formatting.
Summary: As the formatting of the title isn't agreed upon. Why not use Romanian formatting?
Liggliluff (talk) 11:26, 9 October 2019 (UTC)
thread_title:  Title capitalisation