Recomandarea este în fișier.

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

• recomandare = recommendation
• recomandarea = the recommendation

So -a here is the attached definite article. This is a very common feature of Romanian.

Este means is. It is the 3rd person singular form of the verb a fi = to be.

So:

• este = is

In this sentence, it links the subject and the location:

• Recomandarea este în fișier.
• The recommendation is in the file.

Normally, no. In a standard sentence like this, you should keep este.

Romanian usually requires the verb to be in the present tense, unlike some languages where it can be dropped.

So:

• correct: Recomandarea este în fișier.
• not standard here: Recomandarea în fișier.

În is a Romanian preposition meaning in / inside. It is written with â, which is a separate Romanian letter.

So:

• în = in

Do not confuse it with English in. They look similar, but Romanian spelling matters.

The vowel â represents a sound that does not exist naturally in English. It is a central, close vowel, somewhat like a very reduced uh sound, but tighter.

A rough learner approximation is:

• în ≈ uhn said very briefly

Also note:

• n is pronounced normally
• the word is short and unstressed in natural speech

You do not need to make it perfect at first; just avoid pronouncing it exactly like English in.

Fișier usually means file, especially in contexts like:

• a computer file
• a document file
• a stored file of information

Depending on context, it can also sometimes refer to a record file or folder-like system, but file is the basic meaning.

A useful approximation is:

• fișier ≈ fee-SHYER

Notes:

• fi sounds like fee
• ș sounds like English sh
• ier is pronounced as a connected ending, roughly yer

So the stress is typically on the second syllable: fi-ȘIER.

Ș is a Romanian letter pronounced like English sh.

So:

• ș = sh

Examples:

• fișier = file
• ușă = door
• așa = like that / so

It is not the same as plain s.

This is the normal Romanian word order for a simple statement:

• subject + verb + prepositional phrase

So:

• Recomandarea = the recommendation
• este = is
• în fișier = in the file

Romanian word order is fairly flexible, but this version is the most neutral and natural.

Yes, that is grammatically possible, but it changes the emphasis.

• Recomandarea este în fișier. = neutral statement
• În fișier este recomandarea. = puts emphasis on where it is

So the original sentence is the best default version for most situations.

After prepositions like în, Romanian can use either an indefinite-looking noun form or a definite noun, depending on meaning.

• în fișier = in the file
• în fișierul acesta = in this file
• în fișierul respectiv = in that specific file

In many everyday sentences, în fișier can still be understood as in the file from context, even though the noun itself is not marked with the definite article.

Romanian often relies on context more than English does in these cases.

In this sentence, not in a way you need to worry much about as a beginner.

After în, Romanian usually uses the form that looks like the basic noun form. With fișier, that gives:

• în fișier

Romanian does have case systems, but here the form is straightforward.

It is singular.

• recomandare = recommendation
• recomandarea = the recommendation

The plural would be:

• recomandări = recommendations
• recomandările = the recommendations

So this sentence talks about one recommendation.

It is neutral and standard. It works in both formal and informal contexts.

Because the sentence is simple and clear, it could appear in:

• office communication
• technical instructions
• email messages
• everyday conversation

Nothing in it is especially slangy or especially ceremonial.

Yes, very often it does. In modern Romanian, fișier is commonly used for a computer file.

So depending on context, the sentence could mean:

• the recommendation is in the document
• the recommendation is in the computer file
• the recommendation is stored in the file

Context tells you which one is intended.