Debaraua este lângă subsol.

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

• debara = storage room / closet / pantry
• debaraua = the storage room

With many feminine nouns ending in -a, the definite singular form becomes -aua:

• cafea → cafeaua
• debara → debaraua

So debaraua already includes the idea of the.

Romanian often handles articles differently from English. In this sentence, subsol appears without a separate article because Romanian can leave a place noun bare after a preposition where English would often say the basement.

So:

• lângă subsol = next to the basement / near the basement, depending on context

This is something English speakers often notice: Romanian does not always match English article usage word-for-word.

Lângă means near, next to, or beside.

In this sentence, it shows location:

• Debaraua este lângă subsol. = The storage room is next to the basement.

It is a very common preposition and is followed by a noun or pronoun:

• lângă casă = near the house
• lângă mine = next to me

Este is the 3rd person singular of a fi, meaning to be.

So:

• eu sunt = I am
• tu ești = you are
• el/ea este = he/she/it is

In the sentence:

• Debaraua este lângă subsol. the word este means is.

In everyday speech, Romanians often use the shorter form e:

• Debaraua e lângă subsol.

Both are correct; este is a bit fuller or more formal.

This is a very common question because both letters are unusual for English speakers.

• â is a central vowel sound that English does not really have
• ă is like the a in English sofa: a short, relaxed uh sound

So lângă is pronounced approximately like lung-uh, but with a special Romanian vowel in the first syllable, not a normal English u.

A rough learner-friendly version is:

• lân- ≈ a tight central vowel + n
• -gă ≈ guh

You do not need a perfect English equivalent at first; it is enough to know that â and ă are two different vowels.

• debara is feminine
• subsol is neuter

Romanian neuter nouns behave like:

• masculine in the singular
• feminine in the plural

So in this sentence, subsol looks like a masculine singular noun, even though its dictionary gender is neuter.

This matters later when you learn articles, adjectives, and plurals.

The basic and most neutral order is:

• Debaraua = subject
• este = verb
• lângă subsol = location

So:

• Debaraua este lângă subsol.

Romanian word order is somewhat flexible, though. You could move the location phrase for emphasis:

• Lângă subsol este debaraua.

That version sounds more marked, as if you are emphasizing where the storage room is. The original sentence is the most straightforward order.

Lângă takes the accusative.

In this sentence, that does not create a big visible change on the nouns:

• debaraua
• subsol

But it matters in Romanian grammar, especially with pronouns:

• lângă mine = next to me
• lângă tine = next to you

So even if the form does not look different here, grammatically subsol is after a preposition that governs the accusative.

Yes. Debara can refer to a small storage space, so depending on context it may be translated as:

• storage room
• closet
• pantry
• cupboard, in some situations

The exact English word depends on what kind of space is meant. Romanian often uses one word where English chooses among several more specific ones.

Yes. That is completely natural.

• este = full form
• e = shorter everyday form

So these are both correct:

• Debaraua este lângă subsol.
• Debaraua e lângă subsol.

The second is more conversational, but the meaning is the same.