Targa este gata pentru cursul de prim ajutor.

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

• targă = a stretcher
• targa = the stretcher

So targa is literally stretcher-the, but in natural English we translate it as the stretcher.

Yes.

• targă = indefinite, a stretcher
• targa = definite, the stretcher

This is a very common Romanian pattern with feminine nouns:

• casă = a house
• casa = the house

So in this sentence, targa refers to a specific stretcher, not just any stretcher.

Here, gata means ready.

So este gata means is ready.

Depending on context, gata can also mean things like finished, done, or even be used as an exclamation meaning enough / that’s it / OK, done. But in this sentence, ready is the natural meaning.

Yes, you can also say e gata.

• este gata = more full, neutral, slightly more formal
• e gata = shorter, very common in everyday speech

Both are correct. Romanian often shortens este to e in normal conversation.

Usually, when gata means ready, it stays the same.

Examples:

• El este gata = He is ready
• Ea este gata = She is ready
• Ei sunt gata = They are ready
• Ele sunt gata = They are ready

So unlike many Romanian adjectives, gata is commonly treated as invariable in this meaning.

Pentru means for.

So:

• gata pentru... = ready for...

In this sentence:

• pentru cursul de prim ajutor = for the first-aid course

This is the normal Romanian way to say first-aid course.

English often puts one noun directly before another:

• first-aid course

Romanian usually prefers a structure with de:

• curs de prim ajutor

Literally, that is closer to:

• course of first aid

When the noun is definite, it becomes:

• cursul de prim ajutor = the first-aid course

This noun + de + phrase pattern is extremely common in Romanian.

Because prim ajutor is a fixed expression meaning first aid.

• prim ajutor = first aid
• curs de prim ajutor = first-aid course
• trusă de prim ajutor = first-aid kit

If you said primul ajutor, that would sound more like the first help in a literal sense, not the standard expression for first aid.

So after de, Romanian keeps the set phrase prim ajutor.

Cursul means the course, so it refers to a specific course.

• curs = a course
• cursul = the course

So:

• gata pentru un curs de prim ajutor = ready for a first-aid course
• gata pentru cursul de prim ajutor = ready for the first-aid course

The sentence you were given uses the definite form, so the speaker probably has a particular course in mind.

The given word order is the most natural and neutral one:

• Targa este gata pentru cursul de prim ajutor.

Romanian does allow some flexibility in word order, but changing it usually adds emphasis or sounds less neutral. For a learner, the safest pattern is:

• subject + este/e + gata + pentru...

So this sentence is a good standard model to follow.

A very literal breakdown is:

• Targa = the stretcher
• este = is
• gata = ready
• pentru = for
• cursul = the course
• de prim ajutor = of first aid

So the literal structure is:

The stretcher is ready for the course of first aid

Natural English then becomes:

The stretcher is ready for the first-aid course.