Ana spune la revedere.

• Ana is the subject, a person’s name.
• spune is the verb, from a spune = to say / to tell.
• la revedere is a fixed expression meaning goodbye.

So grammatically, it is simply:

Ana + spune + la revedere
subject + verb + expression

spune is the 3rd person singular present tense form of a spune.

That means it matches subjects like:

• el = he
• ea = she
• a singular name like Ana

So:

• Ana spune = Ana says
• Ea spune = She says

Depending on context, English might translate it as:

• Ana says goodbye
• Ana is saying goodbye

Romanian present tense often covers both of those ideas.

Romanian often does not need subject pronouns like he or she, because the verb form already gives useful information.

In this sentence, the subject is already named: Ana. So adding ea would be unnecessary.

• Natural: Ana spune la revedere.
• Also possible without the name, if context is clear: Spune la revedere. = He/She is saying goodbye.

This is very normal in Romanian.

You should learn la revedere mainly as a fixed expression meaning goodbye.

It does have a literal background connected to seeing each other again, but in normal use it functions as a standard farewell, not as a phrase you usually analyze word by word.

So for a learner, the most useful thing is:

• la revedere = goodbye

Much like English speakers do not usually analyze every part of common set phrases.

Because la revedere is just the established Romanian expression for goodbye. The la is part of the phrase.

A native English speaker may want to translate it piece by piece, but that is usually not the best approach here. It is better to treat:

• la revedere as one unit

You should not remove la and say spune revedere in this meaning.

A simple learner-friendly pronunciation is:

• Ana → AH-nah
• spune → SPOO-neh
• la revedere → lah reh-veh-DEH-reh

A few helpful notes:

• Romanian spelling is fairly phonetic.
• u in spune sounds like oo in food.
• The stress in revedere falls on de: reh-veh-DEH-reh.
• Romanian r is usually clearer and more tapped than in most English accents.

Yes, but Ana spune la revedere is the most neutral and straightforward order.

This is the basic pattern:

• Subject + Verb + Expression

Romanian word order is somewhat flexible, but changing it usually adds emphasis or sounds more literary or marked.

For example, something like:

• La revedere spune Ana

is possible in special contexts, but it is not the plain default order a learner should start with.

Sometimes, yes, depending on what you mean.

If you mean Ana says goodbye as a general description of the action, then:

• Ana spune la revedere.

is fine.

If you want to show the exact words Ana says, Romanian often uses quotation marks or a colon:

• Ana spune: „La revedere!”
• Ana spune „La revedere!”

So:

• without quotes = describing the act of saying goodbye
• with quotes = showing the exact words spoken

No. Spune is correct and natural, but Romanian also has other ways to express similar ideas.

For example:

• zice also means says, but it is a bit more colloquial in many contexts.
• There are also other farewell expressions and other ways to describe leave-taking.

Still, for this sentence, spune la revedere is perfectly good Romanian and a useful pattern to know.

In dictionary terms, a spune can correspond to both to say and to tell, depending on context.

In this sentence, the most natural English translation is say:

• Ana says goodbye.

If Romanian includes a person being told something, then English may prefer tell:

• Ana îi spune ceva lui Mihai. = Ana tells Mihai something.

But in Ana spune la revedere, the main idea is simply that Ana says the farewell expression.

La revedere is generally a standard, polite, neutral-to-formal way to say goodbye.

It is very common and safe to use in many situations.

Depending on context, Romanian also has more casual goodbyes, but la revedere is one of the core expressions learners should know because it is widely acceptable and easy to use politely.