Reclam produsul deteriorat și defectul.

Reclam is the 1st person singular present form of a reclama.

In this sentence, a reclama means things like:

• to report
• to file a complaint about
• to claim / complain about

So Reclam... means I report... or I am making a complaint about...

A useful warning: this verb is a bit of a false friend for English speakers. It does not usually mean to advertise. For to advertise, Romanian more often uses a face reclamă or similar expressions.

Romanian often drops the subject pronoun when it is already clear from the verb ending.

• reclam = I report / I complain
• reclami = you report
• reclamă = he/she reports

Because -am already shows 1st person singular, Romanian does not need eu.

You could say Eu reclam produsul deteriorat și defectul, but eu would usually add emphasis, like I am the one reporting it.

It is the present tense, more precisely the present indicative, 1st person singular.

So:

• reclam = I report / I am reporting
• dictionary form: a reclama

Romanian present tense can often translate into English as either a simple present or a present progressive, depending on context.

Because Romanian usually puts the definite article at the end of the noun, not before it like English the.

So:

• produs = product
• produsul = the product

and

• defect = defect
• defectul = the defect

This is one of the biggest structural differences from English.

In Romanian, adjectives often come after the noun by default.

So:

• produs deteriorat = damaged product
• literally: product damaged

This is normal Romanian word order. English usually puts adjectives before the noun, but Romanian commonly puts them after.

You can sometimes move an adjective before the noun, but that is usually more stylistic, emphatic, or less neutral.

Because in the normal pattern noun + adjective, the noun carries the definite article, not the adjective.

So:

• produsul deteriorat = the damaged product

Here:

• produsul is definite
• deteriorat agrees with the noun, but it does not take the article in this position

Romanian definiteness works differently from English, and this is a very common pattern.

Yes. Deteriorat agrees with produsul in gender and number.

Here:

• produsul is masculine singular
• so the adjective is also masculine singular: deteriorat

For comparison:

• masculine singular: produs deteriorat
• feminine singular: marfă deteriorată
• masculine plural: produse deteriorate
• feminine plural: mărfuri deteriorate

So the adjective changes form to match the noun.

Because pe is not normally used with these kinds of direct objects.

In Romanian, pe often marks a specific animate or personal direct object, especially people.

For example:

• Văd omul / Îl văd pe om
• Văd Maria / O văd pe Maria

But produsul and defectul are inanimate things, so no pe is needed:

• Reclam produsul
• Reclam defectul

That is perfectly normal.

It is a second direct object, linked to the first one by și = and.

So the structure is:

• Reclam = verb
• produsul deteriorat = first direct object
• și defectul = second direct object

In other words, the speaker is reporting two things:

1. the damaged product
2. the defect

Romanian does not need to repeat the verb here. English works similarly: I report the damaged product and the defect.

It is grammatically understandable, but depending on context it can sound a little abrupt or slightly unclear.

A learner might wonder: is the speaker reporting:

• the damaged product and also the defect as two separate things?
• or the defect of that product?

If you want to make the relationship clearer, Romanian might use something more explicit, for example:

• Reclam produsul deteriorat și defectul acestuia.
  = I am reporting the damaged product and its defect.

or

• Reclam faptul că produsul este deteriorat și are un defect.
  = I am reporting that the product is damaged and has a defect.

So the original sentence is not impossible, but in real-life complaint language, speakers may prefer a more explicit version.

Defectul is correct and understandable, but depending on the situation, Romanian might also use words like:

• defecțiunea = the malfunction / fault
• problema = the problem
• avaria = the damage / breakdown in some contexts

Defect is a broad word and often works well, especially for a flaw or defect in an item. But in technical or customer-service situations, another noun may sometimes sound more precise.