Respirația bărbatului rămâne stabilă până ajunge ambulanța.

Respirația means breathing or respiration. In this sentence, it refers to the man’s breathing as a general bodily function, not to a single breath.

Romanian often uses respirație where English would naturally say breathing.

The -a is the Romanian definite article attached to the end of the noun. So:

• respirație = breathing / respiration
• respirația = the breathing / the respiration

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

Because this is a genitive form, meaning of the man.

Compare:

• bărbatul = the man
• bărbatului = of the man / the man’s

So respirația bărbatului literally means the breathing of the man, which is how Romanian expresses the man’s breathing.

Romanian usually expresses this idea through case endings rather than a separate apostrophe construction.

So instead of something like the man’s breathing, Romanian says:

• respirația bărbatului
• literally: the breathing of-the-man

This is very normal in Romanian. English uses word order and ’s; Romanian often uses the genitive form.

Because stabilă agrees with respirația, which is a feminine singular noun.

In Romanian, adjectives must agree with the noun in gender and number:

• stabil = masculine singular
• stabilă = feminine singular
• stabili = masculine plural
• stabile = feminine plural

Since respirația is feminine singular, the correct form is stabilă.

Rămâne is the 3rd person singular present tense of the verb a rămâne, meaning to remain / to stay.

So here it means:

• rămâne = remains

It matches the subject respirația.

Romanian often uses the present tense after time words like până (until) even when the action is future from the speaker’s point of view.

So:

• până ajunge ambulanța = until the ambulance arrives

This is similar to English, which also says until the ambulance arrives, not until the ambulance will arrive.

Yes, you can. Până and până când can both mean until.

• până ajunge ambulanța
• până când ajunge ambulanța

Both are grammatical. The shorter până is very common and natural here.

Ambulanța means the ambulance, while o ambulanță means an ambulance.

Here, ambulanța suggests a specific ambulance, such as the one that has been called and is expected to arrive. That is why the definite form sounds natural.

If you said până ajunge o ambulanță, it would mean until an ambulance arrives, which is possible, but slightly less specific.

No, Romanian word order is fairly flexible, although some orders sound more neutral than others.

The given sentence is a natural, neutral order:

• Respirația bărbatului rămâne stabilă până ajunge ambulanța.

You could also say:

• Până ajunge ambulanța, respirația bărbatului rămâne stabilă.

That version puts more emphasis on the time clause until the ambulance arrives.

It is closer to the man’s breathing.

• respirația usually refers to the process or pattern of breathing
• suflarea or respirația lui in some contexts could refer more loosely to breath, but here respirația clearly means the breathing state

So in a medical or descriptive sentence, the man’s breathing is the best match.

The main special letters here are:

• ă = a short neutral vowel, similar to the a in about for many English speakers
• ț = ts, like in cats
• â does not appear here, but learners often confuse it with ă; it is a different sound

A rough pronunciation guide for the whole sentence is:

res-pi-RA-tsi-a băr-BA-tu-lui rə-MÂ-ne sta-BI-lə pîn-ă a-JUN-je am-bu-LAN-tsa

A few helpful notes:

• ția in respirația sounds like tsee-a
• ge in ajunge sounds like the j in jam
• stress usually falls naturally as: respiraȚIA bărBATului răMÂne staBIlă până aJUNge ambuLANța

Yes. Both are good translations.

• rămâne stabilă = remains stable
• rămâne stabilă = stays stable

Remains stable sounds a bit more formal or medical, which fits this sentence well. Stays stable is more everyday English.