Spațiul comercial este lângă sediul social.

Because Romanian usually puts the definite article at the end of the noun, not as a separate word in front.

• spațiu = a commercial space / a premises
• spațiul = the commercial space / the premises
• sediu = a headquarters / an office
• sediul = the headquarters / the office

So -ul here works like English the.

In Romanian, adjectives usually come after the noun.

So:

• spațiu comercial = commercial space / business premises
• sediu social = registered office

This noun + adjective order is the normal pattern. Romanian can sometimes put an adjective before the noun for emphasis or style, but that is not the default.

Sediul social is a fixed business/legal expression. It usually means a company’s registered office, official legal address, or legal headquarters.

So even though social may look transparent to an English speaker, the whole phrase should usually be learned as one unit:

• sediu social = registered office

It does not usually mean something like social headquarters in ordinary English.

Lângă means near, next to, or beside.

In this sentence:

• lângă sediul social = near the registered office

It is a very common preposition in Romanian. A useful model is:

• X este lângă Y = X is near / next to Y

Grammatically, lângă takes the accusative, but with most nouns the form often looks the same as the basic dictionary form, so learners do not always notice a visible change.

Normally, no. In standard Romanian, you usually keep the verb a fi (to be) in sentences like this.

So:

• Spațiul comercial este lângă sediul social. = The commercial premises are near the registered office.

In everyday speech, people very often use the short form:

• Spațiul comercial e lângă sediul social.

But you would not normally omit the verb entirely.

Both spațiu and sediu are neuter nouns.

Romanian neuter nouns behave:

• like masculine in the singular
• like feminine in the plural

That is why the singular adjectives look masculine here:

• spațiul comercial
• sediul social

Compare the plurals:

• spațiile comerciale
• sediile sociale

So if you are wondering why the adjective is comercial and not comercială, it is because the noun is neuter singular.

Because the base nouns are:

• spațiu
• sediu

When the definite article is added, the word becomes:

• spațiu
  • definite ending → spațiul
• sediu
  • definite ending → sediul

So the i is not an extra word or a separate article. It is already part of the noun’s form.

A rough English-friendly approximation is:

SPA-tsyul ko-mer-CHYAL YES-te LUN-guh SE-dyul so-CHYAL

A few helpful sound notes:

• ț = ts, like in cats
• ă = a short neutral vowel, like the a in sofa
• ce/ci often sound like chee/chee-type sounds in English approximation, which helps explain the end of comercial and social
• este is often pronounced close to YES-te

The exact Romanian sounds are a bit more subtle than the English approximation, but this is a good starting point.

Not always. Spațiu comercial is broader than store.

It often means:

• commercial premises
• business premises
• retail space
• shop unit

So in some contexts it may refer to a store, but it does not automatically mean a store. It is a more general business/property term.

Yes, Romanian word order is somewhat flexible, but this version is the most neutral and natural:

• Spațiul comercial este lângă sediul social.

Because Romanian marks definiteness on the noun itself, word order can sometimes move around for emphasis. But for learners, this is the safest pattern to copy:

• subject + este/e + prepositional phrase

So this sentence is an excellent basic model.

Yes. That is a very natural everyday version.

• este = full form, slightly more formal or careful
• e = shorter spoken form, very common

Both are correct:

• Spațiul comercial este lângă sediul social.
• Spațiul comercial e lângă sediul social.

The meaning stays the same.