Learning languages comes easily for Tudor Cisu, a college freshman at the Binghamton University in New York State. The 19 year old pre-med student considers both English and Romanian as his native tongue but has added an assortment of other languages to his impressive credentials.
From 2004-2006, Tudor Cisu won awards in the National Latin Exam, and even got a perfect score in 2005. Studying a dead language may not appeal to most teenagers but Tudor Cisu’s determination to pursue a medical degree made taking Latin a natural choice. Modestly, Tudor Cisu claims that although he can read Latin with little difficulty and write it with high competency, speaking it is another matter altogether.
Tudor Cisu’s understanding of Latin would definitely have come in handy as he picked up other Romance languages such as Spanish, Italian and French, which he also understands and speaks with varying degrees of competency.
