Primăria este în centru.

Because Romanian usually puts the definite article at the end of the noun instead of using a separate word like English the.

• primărie = city hall / town hall (indefinite)
• primăria = the city hall / the town hall (definite)

So Primăria means the city hall.

For feminine singular nouns like primărie, the definite article is often -a:

• o primărie = a city hall
• primăria = the city hall

Yes. Primărie is feminine.

That matters because gender affects things like:

• the form of the article
• adjective agreement
• sometimes pronouns

For example:

• o primărie mare = a big city hall
• primăria mare = the big city hall

The ending -ie often appears in feminine nouns, though you still need to learn nouns individually.

Este means is. It is the 3rd person singular form of a fi = to be.

So:

• Primăria este în centru. = The city hall is in the center.

In everyday Romanian, people very often use the shorter form e:

• Primăria e în centru.

Both are correct.

• este can sound a bit more careful, neutral, or formal
• e is very common in normal speech

In this sentence, în centru is the natural way to say in the center or downtown / in the city center.

Romanian often uses centru without the definite article in this kind of location expression:

• în centru = in the center / downtown

You would use centrul when the noun is made definite in a more specific way, often followed by another phrase:

• în centrul orașului = in the center of the city
• în centrul satului = in the center of the village

So Primăria este în centru. sounds natural and idiomatic.

The letter ă is a special Romanian vowel. It is a short, relaxed sound, similar to the a in English sofa for many speakers.

So Primăria is approximately: pri-muh-REE-a

A more careful breakdown:

• Pri = like pree
• mă = a short relaxed muh
• ri = ree
• a = a separate final vowel

The stress is on ri:
pri-mă-RI-a

În is pronounced with the Romanian sound written î (or â inside words). This sound does not exist as a standard vowel in English, so learners usually need practice with it.

A useful approximation:

• say a very short, central vowel
• keep your lips relaxed, not rounded

Then add n:

• în ≈ a short central vowel + n

It is the normal Romanian word for in.

Also, î and â represent the same sound in modern Romanian. The spelling changes depending on position in the word.

The basic word order here is very normal:

• Primăria = subject
• este = verb
• în centru = location

So Primăria este în centru. is the most straightforward version.

But Romanian word order is somewhat flexible, especially for emphasis. For example:

• În centru este primăria.

That version is possible, but it sounds more marked, as if you are emphasizing the location or answering a question like What is in the center?

So yes, the order can change, but the original sentence is the most neutral one.

Yes, normally you do.

Romanian usually keeps the verb to be in the present tense:

• Primăria este în centru.
• Primăria e în centru.

Unlike some languages, Romanian does not normally drop the verb in standard sentences like this.

So you should not usually say:

• Primăria în centru. ❌

You need este or e.

It can mean either, depending on context.

In a sentence like Primăria este în centru, many people would understand în centru as:

• in the city center
• downtown
• in the central part of town

So it often has a practical, everyday location meaning, not just a mathematical one.

Context tells you which meaning is intended.

It is capitalized because it is the first word of the sentence.

The noun primăria is normally not automatically capitalized in the middle of a sentence unless it is part of an official proper name.

So:

• Primăria este în centru. = capitalized because it starts the sentence
• Am mers la primărie. = lowercase in the middle of a sentence

If it were part of an official institution name, capitalization might be different depending on style.