Glazurăm vaza cu pigment albastru.

Glazurăm is the 1st person plural present tense of the verb a glazura.

So it means we glaze or we are glazing.

Romanian present tense often covers both:

• we glaze
• we are glazing

The subject we is built into the verb ending -ăm, so Romanian does not need a separate pronoun here.

Romanian usually drops subject pronouns when the verb already makes the subject clear.

So:

• Glazurăm vaza... = We glaze the vase...

You could say Noi glazurăm vaza..., but that adds emphasis, as in:

• We are the ones glazing the vase.

Without emphasis, leaving out noi is more natural.

The basic noun is vază = vase.

In the sentence, it becomes vaza, which means the vase.

Romanian often adds the definite article to the end of the noun instead of putting a separate word in front, like English the.

So:

• vază = a vase
• vaza = the vase

This is a very common Romanian pattern.

Because vaza is the direct object of the verb glazurăm.

In Romanian, direct objects usually do not need a preposition:

• Glazurăm vaza. = We glaze the vase.

The preposition pe is often used with people or other highly specific animate direct objects, but not normally with inanimate things like vaza.

So vaza without a preposition is exactly what you would expect here.

Cu means with.

Here it introduces the material or means used:

• cu pigment albastru = with blue pigment

So the structure is:

• Glazurăm = we glaze
• vaza = the vase
• cu pigment albastru = with blue pigment

Pigment albastru is indefinite, so it means blue pigment in a general sense.

That fits the sentence well if you are just saying what material is being used.

Compare:

• cu pigment albastru = with blue pigment
• cu pigmentul albastru = with the blue pigment

The second version would usually mean a specific blue pigment already known from the context.

Albastru describes pigment, not vaza.

So:

• pigment albastru = blue pigment

The adjective matches pigment, which is masculine singular, so albastru is the correct form.

If it described vază, the form would be feminine:

• vază albastră = blue vase

So the grammar helps show that the pigment is blue, not necessarily the vase itself.

Yes, in normal context that is the likely practical result, but grammatically the sentence directly says that the vase is glazed using blue pigment.

The color word is attached to pigment, not to vaza.

So the sentence focuses on the material used, not directly on the final color of the vase.

The most neutral order here is:

Glazurăm vaza cu pigment albastru.

Romanian does allow some flexibility, but changing the order can sound more marked or shift emphasis.

For example:

• Cu pigment albastru glazurăm vaza. = emphasis on with blue pigment
• Vaza o glazurăm cu pigment albastru. = emphasis on the vase

For a basic statement, the original order is the most natural.

A rough pronunciation guide is:

gla-zoo-RUM VA-za koo peeg-MENT al-BAS-troo

A few useful notes:

• ă in glazurăm is a central vowel, something like the vowel in sofa but shorter and more central
• z sounds like English z
• cu sounds like koo
• tru in albastru is pronounced clearly, not reduced

A more syllable-based breakdown:

• gla-zu-răm
• va-za
• cu
• pig-ment
• al-bas-tru

Not only, but that is a very natural context here because of vaza.

A glazura can mean to apply a glaze or glossy coating. Depending on context, it may be used for:

• ceramics/pottery
• surfaces
• sometimes even food, in a more specialized sense

With vaza, the pottery or decorative-object meaning is the most likely one.

After cu, Romanian uses the accusative form.

So in:

• cu pigment albastru

pigment is in the form used after the preposition cu.

In practice, for many nouns, that form looks the same as the basic dictionary form, so learners often do not notice a visible change. But grammatically, it is still the accusative after a preposition.