Fiica lucrează acasă.

Fiică is the basic dictionary form and means daughter.

Fiica means the daughter. In Romanian, the definite article is usually attached to the end of the noun instead of being a separate word like English the.

So:

• fiică = daughter
• fiica = the daughter

In this noun, the final ă changes to a when the definite article is added.

It is pronounced roughly FEE-ee-ka.

A few useful details:

• the ii are both pronounced, so you hear two i sounds
• c before a sounds like k
• the stress is on the first syllable

So it is not just fee-ka, but more like fee-ee-ka.

Lucrează is the 3rd person singular present tense of the verb a lucra (to work).

That means it is the form used with:

• el = he
• ea = she
• singular nouns like fiica

So fiica lucrează means the daughter works or, depending on context, the daughter is working.

Romanian often leaves out subject pronouns because the verb form already gives enough information.

Here, lucrează already tells you the subject is 3rd person singular, so Romanian does not need ea (she) unless you want emphasis.

Compare:

• Fiica lucrează acasă. = normal, neutral
• Ea lucrează acasă. = She works at home
• Fiica, ea lucrează acasă. = more emphatic or contrastive

Because a lucra belongs to a common Romanian verb pattern where the present tense uses -ez / -ează forms.

For example:

• eu lucrez = I work
• tu lucrezi = you work
• el/ea lucrează = he/she works

So lucrează is the normal present-tense form for he/she.

Acasă means at home or home, depending on context.

In this sentence, it means at home:

• Fiica lucrează acasă. = The daughter works at home.

Romanian uses acasă without a preposition here, so you do not need a separate word for at.

Also note:

• with verbs of movement, acasă can mean home as a destination
  
  • Merge acasă. = He/She is going home.
• with a verb like lucrează, it means location
  
  • Lucrează acasă. = He/She works at home.

Yes. Lucrează de acasă is also very common and often sounds closer to English works from home.

So there is a slight difference in nuance:

• lucrează acasă = works at home
• lucrează de acasă = works from home, often emphasizing remote work

Both are correct, but de acasă is especially common when talking about working remotely.

The normal, neutral order is:

Subject + Verb + Adverb

• Fiica lucrează acasă.

Romanian word order is fairly flexible, though. You can move words for emphasis:

• Acasă lucrează fiica. = It is at home that the daughter works.
• Fiica acasă lucrează. = possible, but more marked

For a beginner, the original order is the safest and most natural choice.

Yes. Romanian present tense often covers both ideas.

So Fiica lucrează acasă can mean:

• The daughter works at home. = habitual meaning
• The daughter is working at home. = happening now

Context usually tells you which meaning is intended.

The letter ă is a very common Romanian vowel. It sounds like a short, relaxed uh sound, similar to the vowel at the end of English sofa.

So:

• lucrează ends with -ză, where ă is that relaxed vowel
• acasă also contains ă at the end

It is important not to ignore Romanian diacritics, because a and ă are different vowels.

By itself, fiica literally means the daughter.

Whether it refers to my daughter, his daughter, their daughter, and so on depends on context. If you want to make it explicit, Romanian adds a possessive word:

• fiica mea = my daughter
• fiica lui = his daughter
• fiica ei = her daughter

So in isolation, fiica is simply the daughter.