Așteptăm înăuntru acum.

Romanian often drops the subject pronoun when it is clear from the verb ending.

Here, așteptăm already tells you the subject is we, because -ăm is the 1st person plural ending.

So:

• Așteptăm înăuntru acum. = natural, neutral
• Noi așteptăm înăuntru acum. = also possible, but more explicit or emphatic

You would usually add noi only if you want contrast or emphasis, for example: Noi așteptăm, ei pleacă.

Așteptăm is the present indicative, 1st person plural form of the verb a aștepta = to wait.

So the basic pattern is:

• eu aștept = I wait / I am waiting
• tu aștepți = you wait / are waiting
• el/ea așteaptă = he/she waits / is waiting
• noi așteptăm = we wait / are waiting

In this sentence, așteptăm is the main verb.

It can mean either one.

Romanian does not normally make the same simple-vs.-continuous distinction that English does. The present tense often covers both:

• we wait
• we are waiting

The adverb acum = now makes it especially natural to understand this as an action happening right now.

Usually, no.

English says:

• wait for someone
• wait for the bus

Romanian uses a aștepta directly with the object, without a preposition:

• Așteptăm autobuzul. = We are waiting for the bus.
• O aștept pe Maria. = I’m waiting for Maria.

In Așteptăm înăuntru acum., there is no object stated at all. It simply means we are waiting, with no mention of what or whom you are waiting for.

Here, înăuntru is an adverb meaning inside or indoors.

It tells you where the waiting happens.

A useful point: înăuntru already has the sense of inside, so you do not add another preposition before it in this sentence.

So:

• Așteptăm înăuntru. = We’re waiting inside.

Also, înăuntru is normally written as one word.

Romanian word order is fairly flexible, especially with adverbs like acum.

So these are all possible:

• Așteptăm înăuntru acum.
• Așteptăm acum înăuntru.
• Acum așteptăm înăuntru.

The basic meaning stays very similar, but the emphasis can shift a little.

In Așteptăm înăuntru acum, putting acum at the end can give a slight sense of now being the final, highlighted piece of information.

Yes, that is grammatically correct.

But in normal Romanian, it often sounds more natural to leave noi out unless you want emphasis.

Compare:

• Așteptăm înăuntru acum. = neutral
• Noi așteptăm înăuntru acum. = we are waiting inside now (possibly contrasting with someone else)

So both are correct, but the version without noi is more typical in an ordinary statement.

By itself, it is normally a statement: we are waiting / we wait.

If you want Let’s wait inside now, Romanian usually uses a different structure, such as:

• Să așteptăm înăuntru acum.
• Hai să așteptăm înăuntru acum.

So Așteptăm înăuntru acum. is not the usual way to express a suggestion.

The main pronunciation points are these:

• ș sounds like English sh
• ă sounds like the weak vowel in sofa
• î has no exact English equivalent; it is a central Romanian vowel

So in the sentence:

• așteptăm has ș = sh
• înăuntru has both î and ă

A very useful pronunciation detail is the stress in așteptăm: the stress falls on the last syllable, so roughly aș-tep-TĂM.

No. It is a very natural everyday choice, but Romanian has other possibilities depending on style and context.

For example:

• înăuntru = inside, indoors, common and natural
• în interior = in the interior / inside, often a bit more formal or specific

In a simple everyday sentence like this one, înăuntru sounds very normal.