Ana merge alături de mine.

Alături de mine means next to me, beside me, or alongside me.

In this sentence, it suggests that Ana is moving while staying at your side. Depending on context, English might translate it as:

• Ana walks beside me.
• Ana goes alongside me.
• Ana is next to me as she walks/goes.

It often sounds a little more formal or descriptive than a very basic next to me.

Because alături normally combines with de:

• alături de mine = beside me / alongside me
• alături de Ana = beside Ana

This is a fixed Romanian pattern: alături de + noun/pronoun.

By contrast:

• cu mine means with me

So:

• Ana merge alături de mine = Ana is physically beside me
• Ana merge cu mine = Ana goes/walks with me

Sometimes these can be similar in meaning, but alături de mine emphasizes position more clearly.

Merge is the 3rd person singular present tense of the verb a merge.

So:

• eu merg = I go / I walk
• tu mergi = you go / you walk
• el/ea merge = he/she goes / walks

Since Ana is a third-person singular subject, merge is the correct form.

It can mean both, depending on context.

In many situations, a merge is translated as:

• to go
• to walk

In this sentence, because of alături de mine, English often prefers walks beside me if the idea is literal movement on foot. But Romanian itself does not always force that distinction as clearly as English does.

So Ana merge alături de mine could be understood as:

• Ana walks beside me
• or, in a broader context, Ana goes alongside me

By itself, alături is often treated as an adverb meaning something like beside or alongside.

In the expression alături de, it functions like part of a prepositional phrase:

• alături de mine = beside me
• alături de casă = beside the house

So for a learner, the easiest way to remember it is as a fixed expression:

alături de + someone/something

Because after a preposition like de, Romanian uses the stressed pronoun form, not the subject form.

Compare:

• eu = I
• mine = me

So:

• eu merg = I go
• alături de mine = beside me

This is similar to English:

• not beside I
• but beside me

Yes. Ana merge lângă mine is perfectly natural and often very common.

The difference is mostly one of nuance:

• lângă mine = next to me / beside me
• alături de mine = alongside me / beside me

Alături de can sound a little more expressive or literary, while lângă is often the more everyday choice.

Both are correct.

No, Romanian word order is fairly flexible.

The neutral order is:

• Ana merge alături de mine.

But you could also hear:

• Alături de mine merge Ana.
• Ana alături de mine merge. — much less natural in ordinary speech

The original sentence is the most normal and straightforward. Changing the order usually changes emphasis rather than basic meaning.

A simple approximation is:

uh-LUH-too-ree

A bit more carefully:

• a as in a short unstressed uh
• lă has the Romanian ă, a neutral vowel like the a in about
• stress is on lă
• tu sounds like too
• ri sounds like ree

So: a-LĂ-tu-ri

Also, the Romanian letter ă is important here. Without it, the word would be different.

It is similar, but more purely Romanian in sound.

Usually Ana is pronounced roughly:

AH-nah

with:

• clear a sounds
• no reduced vowel like the English uh at the end

So it is closer to AH-nah than to some English pronunciations of Anna.

Yes. It can also be used figuratively.

Besides literal location:

• Ana merge alături de mine. = Ana walks beside me.

It can also suggest support or solidarity in other contexts:

• Sunt alături de tine. = I am by your side.
• A rămas alături de prietenii lui. = He stayed by his friends’ side.

So alături de can be both physical and emotional/figurative.

Yes. Ana is a proper name, so it is capitalized.

• Ana merge alături de mine.

But common nouns are not capitalized unless they begin the sentence:

• Fata merge alături de mine. = The girl walks beside me.

In this exact sentence, the verb merge strongly suggests literal movement, so most people will understand it physically: Ana is walking or going beside you.

If you want a clearly figurative meaning, Romanian would more naturally use something like:

• Ana este alături de mine. = Ana is by my side.
• Ana mi-a fost alături. = Ana was there for me.

So with merge, the default interpretation is physical movement.