Prognoza meteo anunță ploaie.

Because Romanian often puts the definite article at the end of the noun.

• prognoză = forecast
• prognoza = the forecast

So prognoza meteo means the weather forecast.

Meteo means weather-related and is very common in everyday Romanian.

In prognoza meteo, it works like a short, invariable modifier meaning weather or meteorological. So the whole phrase is the natural Romanian way to say the weather forecast.

You will also see meteo in things like:

• cod meteo = weather alert/code
• site meteo = weather website
• aplicație meteo = weather app

Anunță is the 3rd person singular present form of the verb a anunța = to announce.

That form is used because the subject is prognoza meteo, which is singular:

• eu anunț = I announce
• tu anunți = you announce
• el/ea anunță = he/she/it announces

So prognoza meteo anunță literally follows the pattern the forecast announces.

Because here ploaie is being used as a general, indefinite thing: rain.

Romanian often leaves off the article in this kind of direct-object use, especially when talking about weather, substances, or general things:

• anunță ploaie = announces rain
• aduc apă = I bring water
• cumpăr pâine = I buy bread

If you added the definite article, ploaia, it would sound more specific: the rain.

Romanian can express this idea more compactly.

With a anunța, it is very natural to say:

• anunță ploaie = announces rain

Romanian can also use a full clause:

• Prognoza meteo anunță că va ploua. = The weather forecast announces that it will rain.

Both are correct, but anunță ploaie is shorter and very idiomatic.

Yes. That is also natural Romanian.

There is a slight difference in style:

• Prognoza meteo anunță ploaie = a compact, forecast-style expression
• Prognoza meteo spune că va ploua = a more explicit, everyday phrasing

So the original sentence sounds a bit more like the wording you might see in news, forecasts, or headlines.

The basic order is:

subject + verb + object

• Prognoza meteo = subject
• anunță = verb
• ploaie = object

This is the most neutral order.

Romanian is somewhat flexible, but changing the order usually changes the emphasis. For example:

• Ploaie anunță prognoza meteo is grammatically possible, but it sounds marked or unusual in normal conversation.

So for a learner, the original order is the safest and most natural one.

A simple learner-friendly pronunciation guide is:

prog-NO-za ME-te-o a-NUN-tsuh PLOA-ye

A few details:

• ț sounds like ts
• final ă sounds like the a in sofa
• ploaie has roughly PLOA-ye

Word by word:

• prognoza → prog-NO-za
• meteo → ME-te-o or sometimes me-TE-o, depending on speaker, but keep all vowels clear
• anunță → a-NUN-tsuh
• ploaie → PLOA-ye

Because ploaie is the direct object of anunță.

In Romanian, a anunța can take a direct object directly:

• anunță ploaie
• anunță ninsoare = announces snow
• anunță furtună = announces a storm

So no preposition is needed.

Yes, very easily. This sentence pattern is very productive.

For example:

• Prognoza meteo anunță ninsoare. = The weather forecast predicts snow.
• Prognoza meteo anunță furtună. = The weather forecast predicts a storm.
• Prognoza meteo anunță vânt puternic. = The weather forecast predicts strong wind.

So once you know this structure, you can reuse it with lots of weather vocabulary.