Actul de identitate și dovada adresei sunt pe masă.

Romanian has a definite article attached to the end of the noun, unlike English.

• act = document / act
• actul = the document

So actul de identitate means the identity document / the ID.

This attached ending is very common in Romanian:

• băiat = boy → băiatul = the boy
• carte = book → cartea = the book

In this sentence, actul means a specific document, not just any document.

De identitate means of identity and functions like identity in English.

So:

• act = document
• act de identitate = identity document
• actul de identitate = the identity document / the ID

Romanian often uses de where English uses a noun directly as an adjective-like modifier.

Compare:

• carte de vizită = business card
• sală de clasă = classroom

So act de identitate is a fixed expression.

Because adresei is in the genitive case, which is used here to mean of the address.

• dovada = the proof
• adresa = address
• adresei = of the address

So:

• dovada adresei = proof of the address / proof of address

This is a very common Romanian structure:

• culoarea mașinii = the color of the car
• ușa casei = the door of the house

So adresei shows possession or relationship: the proof belongs to or refers to the address.

This is the singular genitive/dative form of a feminine noun ending in -ă.

For many feminine nouns:

• casă → casei
• masă → mesei
• adresă → adresei

So:

• adresa = the address
• adresei = of the address / to the address

In this sentence, it is specifically the genitive meaning: of the address.

Because the subject is made of two things joined by și:

• Actul de identitate
• dovada adresei

Together they form a compound plural subject, so Romanian uses the plural verb:

• sunt = are

Just like in English:

• The ID and the proof of address are on the table.

If there were only one item, you would use singular:

• Actul de identitate este pe masă. = The ID is on the table.

Romanian usually does not use a separate word like English the. Instead, the definite article is added to the end of the noun.

Examples from the sentence:

• dovada = the proof
• masă can mean table, but in pe masă it often works idiomatically as on the table, especially when the context is clear

So Romanian expresses definiteness differently from English. You should look at the noun ending, not for a separate word before the noun.

Here pe means on.

So:

• pe masă = on the table

This is one of the basic meanings of pe when talking about location on a surface.

Examples:

• Cartea este pe birou. = The book is on the desk.
• Telefonul este pe masă. = The phone is on the table.

Be aware that pe also has other uses in Romanian, but here it simply marks location: on.

Both can be possible in Romanian, depending on style and context.

• pe masă = on the table
• pe masa = on the table

Romanian often allows a more general or idiomatic expression with the bare noun after a preposition, especially in common phrases. In everyday speech, pe masă is perfectly natural.

If you say pe masa, that is also possible, but it can sound a bit more explicitly definite depending on context.

So for a learner, the important point is:

• pe masă is natural Romanian
• it still translates as on the table in many contexts

Romanian word order is fairly flexible, though this sentence uses the most neutral order:

• Actul de identitate și dovada adresei sunt pe masă.

You can sometimes move parts for emphasis:

• Pe masă sunt actul de identitate și dovada adresei.

This puts more focus on where they are.

So the original order is the most straightforward and neutral, but Romanian allows some movement, especially for emphasis or style.

Și is pronounced roughly like shee in English.

A few details:

• ș = like sh
• i here sounds like ee

So:

• și ≈ shee

It means and in this sentence.

Și means and. It joins the two nouns:

• Actul de identitate
• dovada adresei

So it works exactly like English and in this sentence.

Because și connects two singular nouns into one combined subject, the verb becomes plural:

• sunt

Often, yes, in everyday Romanian, depending on context and region.

• act de identitate = a more formal/general term for identity document
• buletin or buletinul = a common everyday word for ID card

So in everyday speech, many Romanians would naturally say something like:

• Buletinul și dovada adresei sunt pe masă.

But actul de identitate is perfectly correct and sounds a bit more formal or official.

Because the verb form already shows the person and number.

• sunt tells you it is they are / are (or sometimes I am, depending on context, but not here because of the subject nouns)

Since the subject is explicitly stated:

• Actul de identitate și dovada adresei

there is no need for a separate pronoun like ele or ele sunt.

Romanian often omits subject pronouns when the meaning is already clear from the verb or context.